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Paddy Lay Back Lyrics by El Pony Pisador

Yarr’s i Trons!

2016

[Verse 1]
It was a cold and frosty morning in December (December)
And all of me money it was spent (spent, spent)
Where it went to Lord I can’t remember (remember)
So down to the shipping office went (went, went)
[Chorus]
So, Paddy, lay back (Paddy, lay back)!
Take in yer slack (Take in yer slack)!
So take a turn around the capstan, heave a pawl!
All around ship stations, boys, be handy!
For we’re bound for Valparaiso ’round the Horn!
[Verse 2]
That day I heard there was a great demand for sailors (For sailors!)
For thе Colonies for ‘Frisco and for France (Oh, mon dieu!)
So I shippеd aboard the Haddock’s boat the Sirius (the Sirius)
And got paralytic drunk on my advance (‘vance, ‘vance)
[Chorus]
So, Paddy, lay back (Paddy, lay back)!
Take in yer slack (Take in yer slack)!
So take a turn around the capstan, heave a pawl!
All around ship stations, boys, be handy!
For we’re bound for Valparaiso ’round the Horn!
[Verse 3]
Well I joined her on a cold December mornin’ (the morning!)
A-frappin’ of me flippers to keep me warm (Yoreleí!)
With the south cone a-hoisted as a warnin’ (a warning!)
To stand by the comin’ of a storm (Llamps i trons!)
[Chorus]
Paddy, lay back (Paddy, lay back)!
Take in yer slack (Take in yer slack)!
So take a turn around the capstan, heave a pawl!
All around ship stations, boys, be handy!
For we’re bound for Valparaiso ’round the Horn!
[Verse 4]
Now some of our fellers had been drinking (been drinking)
An’ I meself was heavy on the booze (Nit bus!)
An’ I was on me ol’ sea-chest a-thinking (A-thinking?)
I’d turn into me bunk an’ have a snooze (snooze, snooze)
[Chorus]
Paddy, lay back (Paddy, lay back)!
Take in yer slack (Take in yer slack)!
Take a turn around the capstan, heave a pawl!
All around ship stations, boys, be handy!
For we’re bound for Valparaiso ’round the Horn!
[Verse 5]
And then I woke up in the morning sick an’ sore (*yawning*)
I knew that I was outward bound again (We’re bound again!)
When I heard a voice a-bawling at the door (The door?)
"Lay aft, men, an’ answer to yer names!" (Yarr! Aixequeu-vos!)
[Chorus]
So, Paddy, lay back (Paddy, lay back)!
Take in yer slack (Take in yer slack)!
So take a turn around the capstan, heave a pawl (Heave a pawl)!
All around ship stations, boys, be handy!
For we’re bound for Valparaiso ’round the Horn
For we're bound for Valparaiso 'round the Horn
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El Pony Pisador

El Pony Pisador

About “Paddy Lay Back” by El Pony Pisador

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