SaM’S GONE AWAY

I wish I was a cabin boy, aboard a man o’ war!
Sam’s gone away, aboard a man o’ war!

Pretty work, brave boys
Pretty work, I say!
Sam’s gone away
aboard a man o’ war! 

I wish I was sailor, aboard a man o’ war!
Sam’s gone away, aboard a man o’ war!

Pretty work, brave boys
Pretty work, I say!
Sam’s gone away
aboard a man o’ war! 

I wish I was foretopman, aboard a man o’ war!
Sam’s gone away, aboard a man o’ war!

Pretty work, brave boys
Pretty work, I say!
Sam’s gone away
aboard a man o’ war! 

I wish I was a gunner, aboard a man o’ war!
Sam’s gone away, aboard a man o’ war!

Pretty work, brave boys
Pretty work, I say!
Sam’s gone away
aboard a man o’ war! 

I wish I was the bos’un aboard a man o’ war!
Sam’s gone away, aboard a man o’ war!

Pretty work, brave boys
Pretty work, I say!
Sam’s gone away
aboard a man o’ war! 

I wish I was a midshipman
Sam’s gone away, aboard a man o’ war!

Pretty work, brave boys
Pretty work, I say!
Sam’s gone away
aboard a man o’ war! 

I wish I was the master
Sam’s gone away, aboard a man o’ war!

Pretty work, brave boys
Pretty work, I say!
Sam’s gone away
aboard a man o’ war! 

I wish I was lieutenant
Sam’s gone away, aboard a man o’ war!

Pretty work, brave boys
Pretty work, I say!
Sam’s gone away
aboard a man o’ war! 

I wish I was the captain
Sam’s gone away, aboard a man o’ war!

Pretty work, brave boys
Pretty work, I say!
Sam’s gone away
aboard a man o’ war!

I wish I was the admiral
Sam’s gone away, aboard a man o’ war!

Pretty work, brave boys
Pretty work, I say!
Sam’s gone away
aboard a man o’ war!