Chicken on a Raft Songtext
von Blackbeard's Tea Party

Skipper′s in the wardroom 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
Jimmy's laughing like a drain
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
Been looking at me comic cuts again
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft

Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning
Oh what a terrible sight to see
Dabtoe's forward and the dustman′s aft
Sitting there a-picking at a chicken on a raft

Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
Oh, ho, chicken on a raft
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
Oh, ho, chicken on a raft


Gave me the middle and the forenoon too
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
Now I′m pulling on a whaling crew
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
Seagulls wheeling overhead
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
Ought to be back in me own feather bed
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft

Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning
Oh what a terrible sight to see
Dabtoe's forward and the dustman′s aft
Sitting there a-picking at a chicken on a raft

Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
Oh, ho, chicken on a raft
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
Oh, ho, chicken on a raft

I had a little girl in Donny B
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
Did she make a fool of me
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
Her heart was like a pusser's shower
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
Ran hot to cold in a quarter of an hour
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft


Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning
Oh what a terrible sight to see
Dabtoe′s forward and the dustman's aft
Sitting there a-picking at a chicken on a raft

Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
Oh, ho, chicken on a raft
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
Oh, ho, chicken on a raft

We said goodnight on the midnight bus
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
She didn′t cry and made no fuss
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
Am I the man that she loves best
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
Or just a cuckoo in another bird's nest
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft

Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning
Oh what a terrible sight to see
Dabtoe's forward and the dustman′s aft
Sitting there a-picking at a chicken on a raft

Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
Oh, ho, chicken on a raft
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
Oh, ho, chicken on a raft

An Amazon girl lived in Dumfries
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
Only had her kids in twos and threes
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
She′s got a sister in Maryhill
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
Who says she won't but I think she will
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft

Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning
Oh what a terrible sight to see
Dabtoe′s forward and the dustman's aft
Sitting there a-picking at a chicken on a raft

Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
Oh, ho, chicken on a raft
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
Oh, ho, chicken on a raft

Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
Oh, ho, chicken on a raft
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
Oh, ho, chicken on a raft

Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
Oh, ho, chicken on a raft
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft
Oh, ho, chicken on a raft