Hebang, shebang, daddy shot a bear,
shot it in the stem me boys an‘ niver turned a hair.
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We’re all from the railroad, too-rer-loo,
oh, the old moke pickin‘ on the banjo!
Hoorah! What’s th‘ hells th‘ row?
We’re all from the railroad, too-rer-loo,
we’re all from the railroad, too-rer-loo,
oh, the old moke pickin‘ on the banjo!
Roll her, boys, bowl her, boys, give ‘er flamin‘ gip,
drag the anchor off the mud, an‘ let the bastard rip!
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Rock-a-block, chock-a-block, heave the caps’n round,
fish the flamin‘ anchor up, for we are outward bound.
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Out chocks, two blocks, heave away or bust,
bend yer backs, me bully boys, kick up some flamin‘ dust.
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Whisky-O, Johnny-O, the mudhook is in sight,
‘tis hell-ov-a-way to the gals that wait an‘ the ol‘ Nantucket light.
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Hebang, shebang, daddy shot a bear,
shot it in the stem me boys an‘ niver turned a hair.
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