When I was a little boy
my mother always told me
Hey, haul away, we`ll haul away Joe
If I did not kiss the girls
my lips would all grow moldyHey, haul away, we`ll haul away Joe
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Hey, haul away, we`ll haul for better weather
Hey, haul away, we`ll haul away Joe
Once in my life I married a wife
but she was fat and lazy
Then I met an Irish girl,
she damn near drove me crazy
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Once I was in Ireland,
a-digging turf and taters
But now I`m on a Limey ship,
a-hauling on the braces
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St. Patrick drove away the snakes,
then drank up all the whiskey
This made him dance and sing a jig,
he felt so fine and frisky
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You call yourself a second mate
but you can't tie a bowline
You cannot even stand up straight
when the ship it is a-rolling
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The cook is in the galley
making duff so handy
The captain`s in his cabin
drinking wine and brandy