[Chorus:]
Come, fill up a brimming flagon,
Toss a Bumper down, lads!
Old Dame Care is like a dragon
That we fain would drown, lads;
In the bay till dawn of day
Our good old ship lies anchored;
Drink all to our enterprise
In a parting tankard!
Over sea, aye, over sea, aye,
soon we shall be faring,
Trusting, trusting any wind that blows,
Ev'ry danger daring.
Over sea, aye, over sea, aye,
not a heart despairing,
Where the good ship taketh me,
knowing not nor caring
[Men:]
Yo! ho!
[Girls:]
Over the sea, ay, ay,
[Men:]
Yo! ho!
[Girls:]
Over the sea, yo! ho!
[Men:]
Yo! ho! Yo! ho! Yo! ho! Yo! ho! Yo! ho! Yo! ho!
[1st. Cavalier:]
I leave a jilting jade behind,
Who to spurn me was inclined.
Naught to lose and all to gain,
I set sail for this New Spain.
[2nd. Cavalier:]
O! I have creditors, a score,
Who are eager for my gore,
It will cause them lots of grief and pain,
My departure for New Spain,
[Chorus:]
Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!
[2nd. Cavalier:]
You put it nicely
Your case, my lad, is ours precisely.
[3rd. Cavalier:]
I have a wife, a plague to life,
With a temper, that's a Cane;
O! gladly will I welcome strife
of any kind in this New Spain.
[Chorus:]
Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!
You 'scape the fetter,
you can't do worse, you may do better,
Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!
Come, fill up a brimming flagon,
Toss a Bumper down, lads!
Old Dame Care is like a dragon
That we fain would drown, lads;
In the bay till dawn of day
Our good old ship lies anchored;
Drink all to our enterprise
In a parting tankard!