Haul Away Joe

When I was a little lad an' so my mother told me
Ch. Way, haul away, we'll haul away Joe!
If I did not kiss a gal, me lips would turn all moldy
Ch. Way, haul away, we'll haul away Joe!

Grand Chorus
Way, haul away, we'll haul away together
Way, haul away, we'll haul away Joe!
Way, haul away, we'll haul for better weather
Way, haul away, we'll haul away Joe!

I sailed the seas for seven years not knowin' what I was missin'
Then I trimmed my sails before the gales and started in a-kissin'.

Once I was in Galveston a'watchin' pretty faces.
But now I'm on Elissa just a haulin' on the braces.

We squared our yards, away we rolled, with the fiddles playin' handy,
With a roll 'n' go, and a westward ho, and a Yankee Doodle Dandy.

You can talk about your Yankee gals an' round-the-corner-Sallies,
But they don't make the grade, me boys, with the gals from down our alley.

You call yourself a sailor, mate, and cannot tie a bowline;
You cannot even stand up straight when Elissa is a rollin'.

Way haul away, rock and roll me over
Way haul away, well roll me in the clover.

King Louie was the king of France before the revolution
King Louie got his head cut off which spoiled his constitution

Saint Patrick was a gentleman. He came from decent people.
He built a church in Dublin town and on it put a steeple.