Old Billy Riley was a dancing master.
Old Billy Riley, oh, Old Billy Riley!
Old Billy Riley's master of a drogher.
Old Billy Riley, oh, Old Billy Riley!
Master of a drogher bound for Antigua.
Old Billy Riley, oh, Old Billy Riley!
Old Billy Riley has a nice young daughter.
Old Billy Riley, oh, Old Billy Riley!
Oh Missy Riley, little Missy Riley.
Old Billy Riley, oh, Old Billy Riley!
Had a pretty daughter, but we can't get at her.
Old Billy Riley, oh, Old Billy Riley!
Screw her up and away we go, boys.
Old Billy Riley, oh, Old Billy Riley!
One more pull and then belay, boys.
Old Billy Riley, oh, Old Billy Riley!
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Help me, Bob, I'm bully in the alley,
Way, hey, bully in the alley!
Help me, Bob, I'm bully in the alley,
Bully down in shinbone al!
Sally is the girl that I love dearly,
Way, hey, bully in the alley.
Sally is the girl that I spliced dearly,
Bully down in shinbone al.
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For seven long years I courted little Sally,
Way, hey, bully in the alley.
But all she did was dilly and dally.
Bully down in shinbone al.
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I ever get back, I'll marry little Sally,
Way, hey, bully in the alley.
Have six kids and live in Shin-bone Alley.
Bully down in shinbone al.
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O, my name was Captain Kidd,
as I sailed, as I sailed,
O, my name was Captain Kidd,
as I sailed.
My name was Captain Kidd
And God's laws I did forbid,
And so wickedly I did
as I sailed, as I sailed.
So wickedly I did
as I sailed.
I murdered William Moore,
as I sailed, as I sailed.
O, I murdered William Moore
as I sailed.
I laid him in his gore,
Not many leagues from the shore,
O, I murdered William Moore,
as I sailed, as I sailed.
I murdered William Moore
as I sailed.
I spied three ships from Spain
as I sailed, as I sailed,
O, I spied three ships from Spain
as I sailed.
I spied three ships from Spain,
and I fired on them a-main,
And most of them I slain,
as I sailed, as I sailed.
And most of them I slain
as I sailed.
Come all you young and old,
see me die, see me die.
Come all you young and old,
see me die.
You are welcome to my goal,
And by it I lost my soul
Come all you young and old,
I must die, I must die.
Come all you young and old,
I must die.
Oh, Nancy Dawson, Hi-oh!
Cheerly, man!
She rubbed the Bo'sun, Hi-oh!
Cheerly, man!
That was a caution, Hi-oh!
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Cheerly, man,
O! Haulee, Hi-oh,
Cheerly, man.
Oh, Sally Racket, Hi-oh!
Cheerly, man!
Pawned my best jacket, Hi-oh!
Cheerly, man!
And sold pawn the ticket, Hi-oh!
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Oh, Kitty Carson, Hi-oh!
Cheerly, man!
Jitted the parson, Hi-oh!
Cheerly, man!
Married a mason, Hi-oh!
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Oh, Betsy Baker, Hi-oh!
Cheerly, man!
Lived in Long Acre, Hi-oh!
Cheerly, man!
Married a Quaker, Hi-oh!
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Oh, Jenny Walker, Hi-oh!
Cheerly, man!
Married a hawker, Hi-oh!
Cheerly, man!
That was a corker, Hi-oh!
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Oh, Polly Riddle, Hi-oh!
Cheerly, man!
Broke her new fiddle, Hi-oh!
Cheerly, man!
Right through the middle, Hi-oh!
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