Motley Words

Once I was a rigger and I worked like hell
Rolling up, rolling down!
And now I’m a sailor with the OCL.
And go rolling down the river!

Rolling up, rolling down,
We all got drunk in Tilbury town,
Twenty-four hours to turn around
And go rolling down the river

Now the cargo comes in TEUs
That’s a twenty-foot box, boys, full of booze.

There’s a Tilbury girl called Kettle Jane.
Cause she’s on the boil then she’s off again.

She’s got a friend called Teapot Anne
When she’s well-brewed she likes a man.

Them Tilbury girls go round in pairs
You’ll never catch them unawares.

But at the dockyard gate when the work is done
You can pick them up/watch those ships sail one by one

Chorus: x 2