Well, I've drunk to drown on every ocean I've been

Lake Tanganyika, where the crocodiles swim

Halifax, Nova Scotia to Van Diemen's land

Well I drank with the Sultan, down the Suez Canal

Well, there was old Jerry Rooney, who was mad as a mule

Spillblood Maloney had a head like one too

That night on the bridge, with my shovel in hand

Well, he threatened to kill me, for sure he picked the wrong man

Well, there was mutiny in Lagos

Aboard the mean ship Skondi

Ten or twelve days in prison

'Till the bastards set me free

McCloskey, you're free!

Now, I love the sea and she wants me back

So I leave this old harbor, with the wind at me back

Goodbye mother Theresa, I hope the kids settle down

I must head for the China's, pray to God I don't drown

(One, two)

For every dog has its day

I'll captain that too

I'll captain that too, too, too

And just to be there with you