Black Ball Line
Hymnal Index | Ship's Company Website

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I served my time on the Black Ball line
To me way-ay-ay O Ri-o
On the Black Ball line I served my time
Hurrah for the Black Ball line!

Black Ball ships they are good and true
They are the ships for me and you.

For once there was a Black Ball ship
That fourteen knots an hour could clip.

You will surely find a rich gold mine
Just take a trip on the Black Ball line.

Just take a trip to Liverpool
To Liverpool, that Yankee school.

The Yankee sailors you'll see there
With their high-top boots and short-cut hair.