Hey laddie come here by the fire    And have yourself a seat    And take a long pull from this mug    The rum is mighty sweet    And let an old man tell ya tales    For an hour or two    About his life upon the sea    And all his ships and crews       I walked into a pub one day    A young and strapping lad    A sailor man bought me a drink    And I thought, “That’s not bad”    To get a pint of tasty rum    (I thought it was for free)    To my surprise I found the cost    When I woke up at see       Never trust a sailor man    Who says he’ll buy the drinks    No matter how the rum goes down    The operation stinks    He’s prob’ly just recruitin’    When you’ve had a drink or three    You’ll find out just how much it costs    When you wake up at sea       For many years I sailed that ship    Her Captain was Mad Jack    Her name, the Good Ship Mystery    Her colors they were black    We plundered up and down the coast    And then pulled into dock    Some stranger bought the drinks    I woke up ten miles from the rocks       Never trust a sailor man    Who says he’ll buy the drinks    No matter how the rum goes down    The operation stinks    He’s prob’ly just recruitin’    When you’ve had a drink or three    You’ll find out just how much it costs    When you wake up at sea       Oh on the Hellfire I was bound    To serve a foul-mouthed crew    I had to daily pump the bilge    And then I’d cook the stew    They dropped me off in port and there    I thought I’d finally stay    Until some stranger bought the drinks    Upon a cursed day       Never trust a sailor man    Who says he’ll buy the drinks    No matter how the rum goes down    The operation stinks    He’s prob’ly just recruitin’    When you’ve had a drink or three    You’ll find out just how much it costs    When you wake up at sea       The Tyranny was quite a ship    Her Captain no one’s pal    He’d flog the sailors twice a day    For failures in morale    He finally sent us to a pub    And every man was there    When a sailor bought the house a round    We all said, “Hey, that’s fair!”       Sometimes trust a sailor man    Who says he’ll buy the drinks    There’s better ships to sail upon    No matter what ya thinks    He’s hopefully recruitin’    When you’ve had a drink or three    You’ll find out just how good life is    When you wake up at sea       I woke up in a darkened cabin    Miles out from the shore    A man was sittin’ with me    He said, “Lad, you’re luck is poor.”    “But hey, it just got better and    It’s grand ta have ya back.”    Turns out it was me old comrade    That madman Captain Jack    To Jack!       My many years of sailin’ ships    Taught me a thing or two    And brought me to high station    Within me favorite crew    So ends the tales and morals    With the drinks I give for free    But    You’ll find that out soon enough    When you wake up at sea!       Never trust a sailor man    Who says he’ll buy the drinks    No matter how the rum goes down    The operation stinks    He’s prob’ly just recruitin’    When you’ve had a drink or three    You’ll find out just how much it costs    When you wake up at sea       Everyone!    Never trust a sailor man    Who says he’ll buy the drinks    All around!    No matter how the rum goes down    The operation stinks    One more!    He’s prob’ly just recruitin’    When you’ve had a drink or three       You’ll find out just how much it costs    When you wake up at sea       Let’s have a drink to our new mate, lads…    I’m buyin’…