Twenty three years in the Royal Navy and I confess this isn’t quite the version we used to sing 🤣🤣🤣
BARNACLE BILL THE SAILOR
(Robison / Luther)
Who’s that knocking at my door
Who’s that knocking at my door
Who’s that knocking at my door
Cried the fair young maiden
It’s only me from over the sea
Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor
I’m all lit up like a Christmas tree
Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor
I’ll sail the sea until I croak
I fight and swear and drink and smoke
But I can’t swim a bloody stroke
Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor
Are you young and handsome, sir
Are you young and handsome, sir
Are you young and handsome, sir
Cried the fair young maiden
I’m old and rough and dirty and tough
Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor
I drink my gin, I dip my snuff
Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor
I drink my whiskey when I can
Whiskey from an old tin can
For whiskey is the life of man
Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor
I’ll come down and let you in
I’ll come down and let you in
I’ll come down and let you in
Cried the fair young maiden
Well, hurry before I bust in the door
Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor
I’ll cuss and fuss and rant and roar
Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor
I’ll spin you yarns and tell you lies
I’ll drink your wine and eat your pies
I’ll kiss your cheek and black your eyes
Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor
Sing me a love song low and sweet
Sing me a love song low and sweet
Sing me a love song low and sweet
Cried the fair young maiden
Sixteen men on a dead man’s chest
Sang Barnacle Bill the Sailor
Yo heave ho and a bottle of rum
Sang Barnacle Bill the Sailor
Oh, hi-rig-a-jig and a jaunting car (sic)
A-hi-a-ho what are you most done (sic)
Hooray my boys for the ????? run (sic)
Sang Barnacle Bill the Sailor
Tell me that we soon shall wed
Tell me that we soon shall wed
Tell me that we soon shall wed
Cried the fair young maiden
I’ve got me a wife in every port
Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor
The handsome gals is what I court
Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor
With my false heart and flatterin’ tongue
I courts ’em all both old and young
I courts ’em all, but marries none
Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor
When shall I see you again
When shall I see you again
When shall I see you again
Cried the fair young maiden
Never again, I’ll come no more
Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor
Tonight I’m sailin’ from the shore
Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor
If you wait for me to come
Settin’ and waitin’ and suckin’ your thumb
You’ll wait until the day of your doom
Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor
Good-bye!
