Chicken On A Raft

Hey ho, chicken on a raft Hi ho, chicken on a raft

Hey ho, chicken on a raft
Hi ho, chicken on a raft

The skipper's in the ward room drinking gin
Hey ho, chicken on a raft
I don't mind knocking but I ain't going in
Hey ho, chicken on a raft
The Jimmy's laughing like a drain
Hey ho, chicken on a raft
Been looking in me comic cuts again
Hey ho, chicken on a raft

Oh, chicken on a raft on a Monday morning
Oh what a terrible sight to see
Dabtow's for'ard and the dustman's aft
Sitting here picking at a chicken on a raft
Hey ho, chicken on a raft
Hi ho, chicken on a raft
Hey ho, chicken on a raft
Hi ho, chicken on a raft

Well they gave me the middle and the forenoon too (Hey ho...)
And now I'm pulling in a whaler's crew (Hey ho...)
There's a seagull laughing overhead (Hey ho...)
Hope to be floating in a feather bed (Hey ho...)

Oh, chicken on a raft on a Monday morning...

Well an amazon girl lives in Dumfries (Hey ho...)
She only has her kids in twos and threes (Hey ho...)
Her sister lives in Maryhill (Hey ho...)
She says she won't but I think she will (Hey ho...)

Oh, chicken on a raft on a Monday morning...

We kissed goodbye on the midnight bus (Hey ho...)
But she didn't cry, she didn't fuss (Hey ho...)
Am I the one that she loves best? (Hey ho...)
Or am I just a cuckoo in another man's nest? (Hey ho...)

Oh, chicken on a raft on a Monday morning...

I had another girl in Donnerbie (Hey ho...)
And did she make a fool of me (Hey ho...)
Her heart was like a purser's shower (Hey ho...)
From hot to cold in a quarter of an hour (Hey ho...)

Oh, chicken on a raft on a Monday morning
Oh what a terrible sight to see
Dabtow's for'ard and the dustman's aft
Sitting here picking at a chicken on a raft
Hey ho, chicken on a raft
Hi ho, chicken on a raft
Hey ho, chicken on a raft
Hi ho, chicken on a raft