I’ll sing you a song, o’ the fish o’ the sea
Way hey, Blow the pony down!
Come all ye young sailor ponies, Listen to me
Oh give us some time to blow the pony down!
Now first came the herrings, sayin’, ‘I’m King o’ the Seas’
Way hey, Blow the pony down!
He jumped on the poop: ‘Oh the Captain I’ll be!’
Oh give us some time to blow the pony down!
Next came the flatfish, they call him a skate
Way hey, Blow the pony down!
‘If ye’ll be the captain, Why then I’m the mate’
Oh give us some time to blow the pony down!
Next came the hake, He was black as a rook
Way hey, Blow the pony down!
Says he, ‘I’m no sailor, I’ll ship as the cook’
Oh give us some time to blow the pony down!
Next came the shark with his two rows of teeth
Way hey, Blow the pony down!
‘Cook, mind you the cabbage, and I’ll mind the beef!’
Oh give us some time to blow the pony down!
Then came the eel with his slippery tail
Way hey, Blow the pony down!
He climbed up aloft and he cast off each sail
Oh give us some time to blow the pony down!
Then came the mackerel with his pretty striped back
Way hey, Blow the pony down!
He hauled aft each sheet, and he boarded each tack
Oh give us some time to blow the pony down!
Then came the whale, The biggest in the sea
Way hey, Blow the pony down!
Shoutin’, ‘Haul in yer head sheet, Now Hellums a Lee!’
Oh give us some time to blow the pony down!
Then came the sprat, he was smallest o’ all
Way hey, Blow the pony down!
He jumped on the poop cryin’, ‘Maintawps’l haul!’
Oh give us some time to blow the pony down!
Blow the pony down bullies, Blow the pony down
Way hey, Blow the pony down!
Blow the pony down bullies, Blow the pony down
Oh give us some time to blow the pony down!