All Coiled Down

Cicely Fox Smith & Alan Fitzsimmonds

All coiled down and it's time for us to go

Every sail's furled in a neat, harbour stow

Another ship for us and for her another crew

So-long sailorman, good luck to you


A good berth I wish you in a ship well-found

With a decent crowd for'd and her gear all sound

Spars a man can trust when it's comin' on to blow

And no Bos'n bawlin' when it's your watch below


All coiled down and it's time for us to go

Every sail's furled in a neat, harbour stow

Another ship for us and for her another crew

So-long sailorman, good luck to you


Fun and friends I wish you 'til the pay's all gone

Pleasure while you spend it and contentment when it's done

A chest that's never empty when you go back to sea

And a better ship than she's been and a truer pal than me


All coiled down and it's time for us to go

Every sail's furled in a neat, harbour stow

Another ship for us and for her another crew

So-long sailorman, good luck to you


A good trade I wish you, and a fair landfall

With neither fog nor iceberg, nor long calm, nor squall

A pleasant port to come to, when the work's all through

So-long sailorman, good luck to you


All coiled down and it's time for us to go

Every sail's furled in a neat, harbour stow

Another ship for us and for her another crew

So-long sailorman, good luck to you


All coiled down and it's time for us to go

Every sail's furled in a neat, harbour stow

Another ship for us and for her another crew

So-long sailorman, good luck to you