Reuben Ranzo Songtext
von Mountain City Four

We′d like to do an English sea shanty called Reuben Ranzo
Which we usually sing on a company

Oh, poor old Reuben Ranzo
Ranzo, boys, Ranzo
Oh, poor old Reuben Ranzo
Ranzo, me boys, Ranzo

No, Ranzo was no sailor
Ranzo, boys, Ranzo
So he shipped aboard a whaler
Ranzo, me boys, Ranzo

No, Ranzo was no beauty
Ranzo, boys, Ranzo
Oh, he could not do his duty
Ranzo, me boys, Ranzo


Not because he was so dirty
Ranzo, boys, Ranzo
Oh, he gave him five and thirty
Ranzo, me boys, Ranzo

Oh, the captain's daughter Suzie
Ranzo, boys, Ranzo
Oh, she begged her dad for mercy
Ranzo, me boys, Ranzo

Oh, she gave him wine and water
Ranzo, boys, Ranzo
A bit more than she ought to
Ranzo, me boys, Ranzo

No, he got his first mate papers
Ranzo, boys, Ranzo
Became a terror to the whalers
Ranzo, me boys, Ranzo
Now, he′s known wherever them whale-fish blow
Ranzo, boys, Ranzo
As the hardest bastard on the go
Ranzo, me boys, Ranzo