Chicken on a Raft (New Version 2013) | Hey yo, chicken on a raft!

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"You have been on a raft with a chicken." NEW 2013 Version.

Chicken on a Raft
(Cyril Tawney)

Skipper's in the wardroom drinking gin
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft
I don't mind knocking but I ain't going in
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft
'Jimmy's' laughing like a drain
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft
Been looking at m' Comic Cuts' again
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft

Chorus:
Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning, oh what a terrible sight to see
'Dabtoes' for'd and the Dustmen aft, sitting there picking at a 'chicken on a raft'
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft, Oy -oh, chicken on a raft
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft, Oy -oh, chicken on a raft

They gave me the Middle and the Forenoon too
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft
And now I'm pulling in the whaler's crew
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft
Seagulls wheeling overhead
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft
I ought to be 'flogging' in a feather bed
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft

Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning, oh what a terrible sight to see
'Dabtoes' for'd and the Dustmen aft, sitting there picking at a 'chicken on a raft'
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft, Oy -oh, chicken on a raft
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft, Oy -oh, chicken on a raft

An Amazon girl lives in Dumfries,
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft
She only has kids in twos and threes,
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft
Her sister lives in Maryhill
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft
She says she won't but I think she will
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft

Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning, oh what a terrible sight to see
'Dabtoes' for'd and the Dustmen aft, sitting there picking at a 'chicken on a raft'
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft, Oy -oh, chicken on a raft
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft, Oy -oh, chicken on a raft

We kissed goodbye on the midnight bus
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft
She didn't cry, she didn't fuss
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft
Am I the man that she loves best?
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft
Or am I just a cuckoo in another man's nest?
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft

Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning, oh what a terrible sight to see
'Dabtoes' for'd and the Dustmen aft, sitting there picking at a 'chicken on a raft'
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft, Oy -oh, chicken on a raft
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft, Oy -oh, chicken on a raft

I had a little girl in 'Donny B'
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft
And oh, she made a fool of me
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft
Her heart was like a Pusser's shower,
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft
From hot to cold in a quarter of an hour
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft

Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning, oh what a terrible sight to see
'Dabtoes' for'd and the Dustmen aft, sitting there picking at a 'chicken on a raft'
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft, Oy -oh, chicken on a raft
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft, Oy -oh, chicken on a raft


http://chickenonaraft.com/


Cyril Tawney (12 October 1930 – 21 April 2005) was an English singer-songwriter and a proponent of the traditional songs of the West of England, as well as traditional and modern maritime songs.

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