
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 m' Comic Cuts' again
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft
Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning,
oh what a terrible sight to see
'Dabtoes' for'd 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
And now I'm pulling in the whaler's crew
Seagulls wheeling overhead
I ought to be 'flogging' in a feather bed
Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning,
oh what a terrible sight to see
'Dabtoes' for'd 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
I had a little girl in 'Donny B'
And oh, she made a fool of me
Her heart was like a Pusser's shower,
From hot to cold in a quarter of an hour
Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning,
oh what a terrible sight to see
'Dabtoes' for'd 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
So we kissed goodbye on a midnight bus
She didn't cry, she didn't fuss
Am I the man that she loves best?
Or am I just a cuckoo in another man's nest?
Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning,
oh what a terrible sight to see
'Dabtoes' for'd 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,
She only has kids in twos and threes,
Her sister lives in Maryhill
She says she won't but I think she will
Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning,
oh what a terrible sight to see
'Dabtoes' for'd 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