Congo River / Blow Boys Blow

Say, wuz ya ever down the Congo River
   Blow boys blow
Well I been down the Congo River
   Blow me bully boys blow

Now the Congo she’s a mighty river
Where the fever makes the white man shiver

Blow ye winds and blow forever
Blow me down the Congo River

A Yankee ship sailed down that river
Her mast all bent and her sails a shiver

Her sides was old and her sails was rotten
And his charts the old man had forgotten

Now how would you know she’s a Yankee packet?
When she fires her guns you can hear the racket

Who do you think was the skipper of her?
It's old Bully Hayes, he's a sailor robber.

What do you think that they had for breakfast?
The starboard side of an old sou'wester.

What do you think that they had for dinner?
Hot water broth but a little bit thinner.

What do you think that they had for supper?
Belaying-pin pie and a roll in the scupper.