Don't Forget Your Old Shipmate
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Save and sound at home again, let the waters roar, Jack
Save and sound at home again, let the waters roar, Jack
Long we've toss'd on the rollin' main, now we're safe ashore Jack
Don't forget your old shipmate, folly rolly rolly rolly rye-doh!
Since we sailed from Plymouth sound, four years gone or nigh, Jack!
Was there ever chummies now, such as you and I Jack?
We have worked the self same gun, Quarterdeck division.
Sponger I and loader you, Through the whole commission.
Often ties have we laid out, toil nor danger fearin'
Tuggin' out the flappin' sail, to the weather rearin'.
When the middle watch was on, and the time went slow, boy,
Who could choose a rousin' stave, who like Jack or Joe, boy?
There she swings, an empty hulk, not a soul below now.
Number seven, starboard mess, Mssrs. Jack and Joe now!
But the best of friends must part, fair or foul the weather.
Hand your flipper for a shake, now a drink together.