Chicken on a Raft Songtext
von The Young Tradition

Skipper′s in the wardroom drinking gin, (Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
I don't mind knocking but I ain′t going in, (Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
'Jimmy's′ laughing like a drain, (Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
Been looking at m′ 'comic cuts′ again. (Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)

Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning, oh what a terrible sight to see,
'Dabtoes′ for'd and the Dustmen aft, sitting there picking at a ′chicken on a raft'.


Hey -oh, chicken on a raft, Oy -oh, chicken on a raft.
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft, Oy -oh, chicken on a raft.
They gave me the Middle and the Forenoon too, (Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
And now I'm pulling in the whaler′s crew, (Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
Seagulls wheeling overhead, (Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
I ought to be ′flogging' in a feather bed. (Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
I had a little girl in ′Donny B', (Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
And oh, she made a fool of me, (Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
Her heart was like a Pusser′s shower, (Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
From hot to cold in a quarter of an hour. (Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)

Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning, oh what a terrible sight to see,
'Dabtoes′ for'd and the Dustmen aft, sitting there picking at a 'chicken on a raft′.

An Amazon girl lives in Dumfries, (Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
She only has kids in twos and threes, (Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
Her sister lives in Maryhill, (Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
She says she won′t but I think she will. (Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
We kissed goodbye on the midnight bus, (Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
She didn't cry, she didn′t fuss, (Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
Am I the man that she loves best? (Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
Or am I just a cuckoo in another man's nest? (Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)

Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning, oh what a terrible sight to see,
′Dabtoes' for′d and the Dustmen aft, sitting there picking at a 'chicken on a raft'.