The Lowestoft Boat

 In Lowestoft a boat was laid,
 Mark well what I do say!
And she was built for the herring-trade,
 But she has gone a-rovin', a-rovin', a-rovin',
 The Lord knows where!

They gave her Government coal to burn,
And a Q.
F.
 gun at bow and stern,
And sent her out a-rovin', etc.


Her skipper was mate of a bucko ship
Which always killed one man per trip,
So he is used to rovin', etc.


Her mate was skipper of a chapel in Wales,
And so he fights in topper and tails--
Religi-ous tho' rovin', etc.


Her engineer is fifty-eight,'
So he's prepared to meet his fate,
Which ain't unlikely rovin', etc.


Her leading-stoker's seventeen,
So he don't know what the Judgments mean,
Unless he cops 'em rovin', etc.


Her cook was chef in the Lost Dogs' Home,
 Mark well what I do say!
And I'm sorry for Fritz when they all come
 A-rovin', a-rovin', a-roarin' and a-rovin',
 Round the North Sea rovin',
 The Lord knows where!

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