Lyrics A SAILOR AIN’T A SAILOR ANYMORE Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast If you see a sailing ship it might be your last [HO] Get your civvies ready for another run-ashore A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore Me father often told me when I was just a lad A sailor's life is very hard, the food is always bad But now I've joined the navy, aboard a man-o-war But now I've found a sailor ain't a sailor any more. CHORUS The Killick of our mess, he says we has it soft It wasn't like this in his day when he was up aloft. We like our bunks and sleeping bags, but what's a hammock for? Swinging from the deckhead, or lying on the floor? CHORUS They gave us an engine that first went up and down Then with some more technology the engine went around We know our steam and diesels but what's a mainyard for? A stoker ain't a stoker with a shovel anymore. CHORUS They gave us an Aldis Lamp so we could do it right. They gave us a radio to signal day and night. We know our codes and ciphers, but what’s a semaphore? A Bunting tosser doesn't toss the bunting anymore. CHORUS Two cans of beer a day and that's your jolly lot And now I've got an extra one because they stopped The Tot So we'll put on our civvy-clothes and find a pub ashore A sailor’s just a sailor just like he was before. CHORUS x2
Recording starts with friend Tim instructing the audience in the actions of the song
Lyrics
A SAILOR AIN’T A SAILOR ANYMORE
Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast
If you see a sailing ship it might be your last [HO]
Get your civvies ready for another run-ashore
A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore
Me father often told me when I was just a lad
A sailor's life is very hard, the food is always bad
But now I've joined the navy, aboard a man-o-war
But now I've found a sailor ain't a sailor any more.
CHORUS
The Killick of our mess, he says we has it soft
It wasn't like this in his day when he was up aloft.
We like our bunks and sleeping bags, but what's a hammock for?
Swinging from the deckhead, or lying on the floor?
CHORUS
They gave us an engine that first went up and down
Then with some more technology the engine went around
We know our steam and diesels but what's a mainyard for?
A stoker ain't a stoker with a shovel anymore.
CHORUS
They gave us an Aldis Lamp so we could do it right.
They gave us a radio to signal day and night.
We know our codes and ciphers, but what’s a semaphore?
A Bunting tosser doesn't toss the bunting anymore.
CHORUS
Two cans of beer a day and that's your jolly lot
And now I've got an extra one because they stopped The Tot
So we'll put on our civvy-clothes and find a pub ashore
A sailor’s just a sailor just like he was before.
CHORUS x2