When the nights are dark and stormy    And the bitter north wind blows    ‘Cross the fields from Shire Hampton    Where the muddy Avon flows    Where the Pillites gaily ride    Over on the ferry from the other side    The boat starts swingin’ you’ll hear them singin’    Float in on the tide!       Chorus:       Pill, Pill, I love thee still    Even though I’m leavin’    Pill, Pill, I love thee still    When the ferry boat starts heavin’    When the rain down pours, the thunder roars    The lightnin’ flashes bright    I’d be better be far, in the Duke or the Star    Than on the Old Pill Ferry tonight       Take me where it's warm and cosy    Down there with those happy boys    Where the cheeks are red and rosy    Cobblers, hobblers, hobbledehoys    When the stinging winter sleet    Creeps along the riverside and chills your feet    For miles around, you'll 'ear this sound    Comin' down Pill Street       Chorus       Oh the seven seas I’ve wandered    Back to Pill I shall return    When the hard earned cash is squandered    For the village lads I yearn    Captain, Captain, carry me    Steamer of the channel past Portbury    Head ‘er south, through Avonmouth    Happy I shall be       Chorus