So pull up a chair maty and rest ye weary sea legs, there’s grog to be had and bawdy tunes * to be sung.
Official link.
*not safe for children
-->young eyes beware.
A-rovin'
In Portsmouth town there lived a maid
Bless you young women
In Portsmouth town there lived a maid
Do mind what I do say!
In Portsmouth town there lived a maid
The British Navy was her trade,
I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid.
A-rovin', a-rovin', since rovin's been my ru-i-in
I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid.
She swore to me that she was true
Bless you young women
She swore to me that she was true
Do mind what I do say!
She's true to me, she's true to you
She's true to the whole damn Navy, too
I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid..
I put me hand upon her toe
Sez she,"Young man, you're rather low"
I put me hand upon her knee
Sez she,"Young man, you're makion' free"
I put me hand upon her thigh
Sez she,"Young man, you're drawin' nigh"
I put me hand upon her thatch
Sez she,"Young man, that's my main hatch"
I slipped me mainmast to her blocks
Sez she, "Young man, I've got the pox!"
well i find this version of the song interesting sense i have never heard it so clean before the version i know is a little more X-RATED!!!!
but it is nice to know other people know the song even if its not the same one
-OS2 Anderson
USS Cleveland