The skipper’s in the ward room drinking gin
(Hey ho, chicken on a raft)
I don’t mind knocking but I ain’t going in
(Hey ho, chicken on a raft)
The Jimmy‘s laughing like a drain
(Hey ho, chicken on a raft)
Been looking in me comic cuts again
(Hey ho, chicken on a raft)
Oh, chicken on a raft on a Monday morning
Oh what a terrible sight to see
Dabtow’s for’ard and the dustman’s aft
Sitting here picking at a chicken on a raft
Hey ho, chicken on a raft, Hi ho, chicken on a raft
Hey ho, chicken on a raft, Hi ho, chicken on a raft
Well they gave me the middle and the forenoon too
And now I’m pulling in a whaler’s crew
There’s a seagull laughing overhead
Hope to be floating in a feather bed
We kissed goodbye on the midnight bus
But the driver had it in for us
He drove us down to Malagar
And we all got drunk in a Wimpy bar
Well I had a little house in Donny B
And I shared it with a bumblebee
Honey for tea and breakfast too
But now I’m pulling on a whaling crew