Sams Gone Away

I wish I was a cabin boy, aboard a man o’ war!

Sam’s gone away, aboard a man o’ war!

I wish I was a cabin boy, aboard a man o’ war!

Sam’s gone away, aboard a man o’ war!

Chorus

Pretty work, brave boys

Pretty work, they 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!

I wish I was foretopman, aboard a man o’ war!

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!

I wish I was the bos’un aboard a man o’ war!

Sam’s gone away, aboard a man o’ war!

I wish I was a midshipman….

Sam’s gone away, aboard a man o’ war!

I wish I was the captain….

Sam’s gone away, aboard a man o’ war!