The Jolly Rogers - Big Steamers lyrics
[The Jolly Rogers - Big Steamers lyrics]
Oh, where are you going to
All you Big Steamers
With England's own coal
Up and down the salt seas?
"We are going to fetch you
Your bread and your butter
Your Beef, pork and mutton, eggs
Apples and cheese"
And where will you fetch in from
All you Big Steamers
And where shall I write you
When you are away?
"We fetch it from Melbourne, Quebec
And Vancouver
Address us at Hobart Hong Kong and Bombay"
But if anything happened to
All you Big Steamers
And suppose you were wrecked up
And down thе salt seas?
"Then you'd have no coffee
Or bacon for brеakfast
And you'd have no muffins or
Toast for your tea"
Then I'll pray for fine weather
For all you Big Steamers
For little blue billows and breezes so soft
"Oh, billows and breezes don't
Bother Big Steamers
For we're iron below and steel rigging aloft"
Then I'll build a new lighthouse
For all you Big Steamers
With plenty wise pilots to pilot you through
"Oh, the Channe's as bright
As a ballroom already
And pilots are thicker than
Pilchards at Looe"
Then what can I do for you
All you Big Steamers
Oh, what can I do for your comfort and good?
"Send out your big warships to
Watch your big waters
That no one may stop us
From bringing your food
For the bread that you eat
And the biscuit's you nibble
The sweets that you suck and
The joints that you crave
They are brought to you daily
By all us Big Steamers
And if any one hinders our
Coming you will starve!"
All you Big Steamers
With England's own coal
Up and down the salt seas?
"We are going to fetch you
Your bread and your butter
Your Beef, pork and mutton, eggs
Apples and cheese"
And where will you fetch in from
All you Big Steamers
And where shall I write you
When you are away?
"We fetch it from Melbourne, Quebec
And Vancouver
Address us at Hobart Hong Kong and Bombay"
But if anything happened to
All you Big Steamers
And suppose you were wrecked up
And down thе salt seas?
"Then you'd have no coffee
Or bacon for brеakfast
And you'd have no muffins or
Toast for your tea"
Then I'll pray for fine weather
For all you Big Steamers
For little blue billows and breezes so soft
"Oh, billows and breezes don't
Bother Big Steamers
For we're iron below and steel rigging aloft"
Then I'll build a new lighthouse
For all you Big Steamers
With plenty wise pilots to pilot you through
"Oh, the Channe's as bright
As a ballroom already
And pilots are thicker than
Pilchards at Looe"
Then what can I do for you
All you Big Steamers
Oh, what can I do for your comfort and good?
"Send out your big warships to
Watch your big waters
That no one may stop us
From bringing your food
For the bread that you eat
And the biscuit's you nibble
The sweets that you suck and
The joints that you crave
They are brought to you daily
By all us Big Steamers
And if any one hinders our
Coming you will starve!"