Текст песни Misc Traditional - Paddy Lie Back

T'was a cold and frosty morning in December, 
with all of me money being spent, 
What day it was I hardly can remember, 
so I down to the shipping office went. 

Oh Paddy lie back,(oh Paddy lie back)
Take in your slack,(take in your slack) 
Take a turn around the capstan, heave a pawl
'Bout ships stations boys, be handy 
For we're bound for Valparaiso, round the Horn.

That day there was a great demand for sailors, 
For the Colonies for Frisco and for France 
So I shipped aboard a liner named the Hotspur 
And got paralytic drunk on my advance. 

Oh Paddy lie back,(oh Paddy lie back)
Take in your slack,(take in your slack) 
Take a turn around the capstan, heave a pawl
'Bout ships stations boys, be handy 
For we're bound for Valparaiso, round the Horn.

Now some of our fellows had been drinking 
And me myself was heavy on the booze 
So I sat upon me ol' sea-chest a-thinking 
I'd turn into me bunk and have a snooze 

Oh Paddy lie back,(oh Paddy lie back)
Take in your slack,(take in your slack) 
Take a turn around the capstan, heave a pawl
'Bout ships stations boys, be handy 
For we're bound for Valparaiso, round the Horn.

Well I wish that I was in the Jolly Sailor, 
Along with Irish Paddies drinking beer 
And I thought what a jolly lot are sailors, 
An' with me flipper I wiped away a tear. 

Oh Paddy lie back,(oh Paddy lie back)
Take in your slack,(take in your slack) 
Take a turn around the capstan, heave a pawl
'Bout ships stations boys, be handy 
For we're bound for Valparaiso, round the Horn.

Oh Paddy lie back,(oh Paddy lie back)
Take in your slack,(take in your slack) 
Take a turn around the capstan, heave a pawl
 'Bout ships stations boys, be handy 
For we're bound for Valparaiso, round the Horn.