Bob Roberts
Bob Roberts - Stormey Weather, Boys lyrics
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We were laying in the Surrey Dock one day The mate knew that it was time to get under way Stormy weather, boys, stormy weather, boys When the wild blows our barge will go He's homeward bound but he's out of luck 'Cause the skipper's half drunk in 'The Dog and Duck' Stormy weather, boys, stormy weather, boys When the wild blows our barge will go The skipper came aboard with the girl on his arm He's going to give up barging and take a farm Stormy weather, boys, stormy weather, boys When the wild blows our barge will go And the mate ran for'ard and the cook fell in the dock And the skipper got his fingers in the main sheet block Stormy weather, boys, stormy weather, boys When the wild blows our barge will go At last we're off down Lime'ouse Reach And the leeboards knocked on Greenwich Beach Stormy weather, boys, stormy weather, boys When the wild blows our barge will go We shove her off and away we go But the skipper's got a barrel of beer below Stormy weather, boys, stormy weather, boys When the wild blows our barge will go She fills away and she sails like heck But there ain't no bargeman up on deck Stormy weather, boys, stormy weather, boys When the wild blows our barge will go There's a crash and a bump and she's ashore The mate says Christ we're on the Nore Stormy weather, boys, stormy weather, boys When the wild blows our barge will go Then up jumps a mermaid covered in mud We took her down the foc's'le and had a good time Stormy weather, boys, stormy weather, boys When the wild blows our barge will go On the top of the tide the barge did fleet When the mate sees a ghost on the tops'l sheet Stormy weather, boys, stormy weather, boys When the wild blows our barge will go So away we go and the ghost did steer And the cook drank the dregs of the Old Man's beer Stormy weather, boys, stormy weather, boys When the wild blows our barge will go We lay close-hauled round Orford Ness When the wind backed round to the south-sou-west Stormy weather, boys, stormy weather, boys When the wild blows our barge will go We reached our port all safe and sound And tied 'er up in Yarmouth Town Stormy weather, boys, stormy weather, boys When the wild blows our barge will go So after all our fears and alarms We all ended up in ‘The Druid's Arms’ Stormy weather, boys, stormy weather, boys When the wild blows our barge will go