Sea Shanty (demo) Songtext
von The Pogues

Dear dirty London in the pouring rain
I wish to God I was back on the sea again
Though that belongs to the world of never will be
There was never a wilder bastard than me on the sea

I could fuck all the whores in damnation, me boys
They wriggled and hollered and made a great noise
I′d drink 'til I stank and then drink plenty more
And I won′t go down to the sea any more

But if I had ten pounds then I'd raise a loud cheer
And I'd toast all me neighbours both distant and dear
And I′d shoot back great belly-crippling buckets of beer
And a pox and a curse on the people ′round here


Wouldn't give you me the price of a half pint of beer
Wouldn′t give you me the price of a cup of good cheer
A pox and a curse on the people round here, yaa-yaa!

A man's ambition must indeed be small
To write his name upon a shithouse wall
But before I die I′ll add my regal scrawl
To show the world I'm left with sweet fuck all

And when all of us bold shithouse poets do die
A monument grand they will raise to the sky
A monument made just to mark our great wit
A monument of solid shit now, me boys

I met with Bill James, we fought over crusts
I called him a whore and he booted me crotch
Then we shared out the jack and we thought it a treat
The compliments pass when the quality meet


The compliments pass when the quality meet
The compliments pass when the quality meet
The compliments pass when the quality meet, ya-haw!