Was you never down the Congo River?

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Black fever makes the white man shiver.

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A Irish ship came down the River.

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Her masts and yards, they shone like silver

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Oh! Blow me boys and blow for ever!

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Hey! Blow me down that Congo River! 

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And Yonder comes the Arrow packet.

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She fires her guns. Can’t you hear the racket?

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Who do you think is the skipper of her?

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Ol’ Bully Hayes the sailor robber.

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Oh! Blow me boys and blow for ever!

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Hey! Blow me down that Congo River! 

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Oh, what do you think she had for cargo?

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Why, black sheep daa had run the embargo.

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And what do you think they had for dinner?

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Why a frenchman's heart and a scotsman's liver.

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Oh! Blow me boys and blow for ever!

Blow, boys, blow.

Hey! Blow me down that Congo River! 

Blow, me bully boys, blow.



Oh! Blow me boys and blow for ever!

Blow, boys, blow.

Hey! Blow me down that Congo River! 

Blow, me bully boys, blow.