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!
Me bonnie bunch o’roses O!
Come down, ye blood-red roses, come down!
It’s time for us to roll ‘n’ go!
Come down, ye blood-red roses, come down!
Ooh! You pinks ‘n’ posies,
Come down, ye blood-red roses, come down!
We’re bound away around Cape Horn
Come down, ye blood-red roses, come down!
We wisht ter hell you’d niver bin born
Come down, ye blood-red roses, come down!
Ooh! You pinks ‘n’ posies,
Come down, ye blood-red roses, come down!
Me boots an’ clothes are all in a pawn,
Come down, ye blood-red roses, come down!
An’ it’s bleedin’ draughty around Cape Horn,
Come down, ye blood-red roses, come down!
Ooh! You pinks ‘n’ posies,
Come down, ye blood-red roses, come down!
Ti’s growl ye may but go ye must,
Come down, ye blood-red roses, come down!
If ye growl too hard yer head they’ll bust.
Come down, ye blood-red roses, come down!
Ooh! You pinks ‘n’ posies,
Come down, ye blood-red roses, come down!
Them Spanish gals are pullin’ strong,
Come down, ye blood-red roses, come down!
Hang down, me boys, it won’t take long.
Come down, ye blood-red roses, come down!
Ooh! You pinks ‘n’ posies,
Come down, ye blood-red roses, come down!
Just one more pull an’ that’ll do
Come down, ye blood-red roses, come down!
We’re the bullies for ter kick’er through.
Come down, ye blood-red roses, come down!
Ooh! You pinks ‘n’ posies,
Come down, ye blood-red roses, come down!
Ooh! You pinks ‘n’ posies,
Come down, ye blood-red roses, come down!
Well, our anchor’s on board and our rags are all set,
Bold Riley-oh, boom-a-lay!
Them Liverpool Judies, we’ll never forget,
Bold Riley-oh, gone away!
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Goodbye, me darling, goodbye, me dear-oh,
Bold Riley-oh, boom-a-lay!
Goodbye, me darling, goodbye, me dear-oh,
Bold Riley-oh, gone away!
Well, the rain it is raining all the day long,
Bold Riley-oh, boom-a-lay!
And the northerly wind, it does so strong.
Bold Riley-oh, gone away!
CHORUS
We’re outward and bound for the Bengal Bay,
Bold Riley-oh, boom-a-lay!
Get bending, me lads, it’s a hell of a way.
Bold Riley-oh, gone away!
CHORUS
(Chorus)
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!
(Chorus)
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!
(Chorus)
Oh, Jenny Walker, Hi-oh!
Cheerly, man!
Married a hawker, Hi-oh!
Cheerly, man!
That was a corker, Hi-oh!
(Chorus)
Oh, Polly Riddle, Hi-oh!
Cheerly, man!
Broke her new fiddle, Hi-oh!
Cheerly, man!
Right through the middle, Hi-oh!
(Chorus)