Get Up Jack, John Sit Down
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Oh, the ships will come and the ships will go,
As long as waves do roll
The sailor lad, likewise his dad,
He loves the flowing bowl:
A lass ashore we do adore,
One that is plump and round, round, round.
When the money is gone, it's the same old song,
Get up, Jack! John, sit down!
Chorus:
Singing, Hey! laddie, ho! laddie,
Swing the capstan 'round,'round,'round
When the money is gone it's the same old song,
Get up, Jack! John, sit down!
[I] go and take a trip in a man-o'-war To China or Japan,
In Asia, there are ladies fair Who love the sailorman.
When Jack and Joe palavers, 0,
And buy the girls a gown, gown, gown.
When the money is gone it's the same old song,
Get up, Jack! John, sit down!
When Jack is ashore he beats his way
Towards some old boarding-house:
They'll welcomed him in with rum and gin,
And he's fed with pork and scouse:
For he'll lend and spend and never offend
Til he lays drunk on the ground, ground, ground
When his money is gone it's the same old song:
Get up, Jack! John, sit down!
When Jack gets old and weatherbeat, Too old to roustabout,
In some rum-shop they'll let him stop, At 8 bells he's turned out.
He'll raise his eyes up to the skies,
"I'll soon be homeward bound, bound, bound."
When my money is gone it's the same old song:
Get up, Jack! John, sit down!