Chicken on a Raft

Skipper's in the wardroom drinking gin

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

I don't mind knocking but I ain't going in

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

Jimmy's laughing like a drain

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

Been looking at comic cuts again

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

Hey, chicken on a raft on a Monday morning

Oh what a terrible sight to see

The dabtoes forward and the dustmen aft

Sitting there picking at a chicken on a raft

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

Oy-oh, chicken on a raft

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

Oy-oh, chicken on a raft

They gave me the middle and the forenoon too

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

Now I'm pulling in the whaler's crew

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

Seagull wheeling overhead

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

I ought to be flogging in a feather bed

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

Hey, chicken on a raft on a Monday morning

Oh what a terrible sight to see

The dabtoes forward and the dustmen aft

Sitting there picking at a chicken on a raft

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

Oy-oh, chicken on a raft

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

Oy-oh, chicken on a raft

We kissed goodbye on the midnight bus

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

She didn't cry, she didn't fuss

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

Am I the man that she loves best?

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

Or am I just a cuckoo in another man's nest?

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

Hey, chicken on a raft on a Monday morning

Oh what a terrible sight to see

The dabtoes forward and the dustmen aft

Sitting there picking at a chicken on a raft

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

Oy-oh, chicken on a raft

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

Oy-oh, chicken on a raft

An Amazon girl lives in Dumfries

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

She only has kids in twos and threes

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

Her sister lives in Maryhill

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

She says she won't but I think she will

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

Hey, chicken on a raft on a Monday morning

Oh what a terrible sight to see

The dabtoes forward and the dustmen aft

Sitting there picking at a chicken on a raft

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

Oy-oh, chicken on a raft

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

Oy-oh, chicken on a raft

Well I had a little girl in Donny B

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

And did she make a fool of me

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

Her heart was like a Pusser's shower

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

From hot to cold in a quarter of an hour

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

Hey, chicken on a raft on a Monday morning

Oh what a terrible sight to see

The dabtoes forward and the dustmen aft

Sitting there picking at a chicken on a raft

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

Oy-oh, chicken on a raft

Hey-oh, chicken on a raft

Oy-oh, chicken on a raft