Sea Shanty

Sea Shanty - The Pogues

Dear dirty London in the pouring rain

I wish to God I was back on the sea again

Though that belongs to the world

Of never will be

There was never a wilder bastard

Than me on the sea

I could f**k all the whores in damnation me boys

Though they wriggled

And hollered and made a great noise

Then I'd drink till I stank

And then drink plenty more

And I won't go down to the sea any more

But if I had ten pounds

Then I'd raise a loud cheer

And I'd toast all me neighbours

Both distant and dear

And I'd shoot back great

Belly-crippling buckets of beer

And a pox and a curse on the people round here

Wouldn't give you me

The price of a half pint of beer

Wouldn't give you me

The price of a cup of good cheer

A pox and a curse

On the people round here

A man's ambition must indeed be small

To write his name upon a shithouse wall

But before I die I'll add my regal scrawl

To show the world

I'm left with sweet f**k all

And when all of us bold

Shithouse poets do die

A monument grand they will raise to the sky

A monument made just to mark our great wit

A monument of solid sh*t now me boys

I met with Bill James we fought over crusts

I called him a whore and he booted me crotch

Then we shared out the jack

And we thought it a treat

The compliments pass when the quality meet

The compliments pass when the quality meet

The compliments pass when the quality meet

The compliments pass when the quality meet