84 - Rolling Down The River

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

Rolling up! rolling down!
We’ll all get drunk in Tilbury town,
Twenty-four hours we’ll turn around
And go rolling down the river

Now the work is good and the wages fine
Rolling up, rolling down!
When you make a trip in a container line
And go rolling down the river!

Rolling up! rolling down…

Now the cargo comes in TEUs
Rolling up, rolling down!
That’s a twenty-foot box, boys, full of booze
To go rolling down the river!

Rolling up! rolling down…

When first I saw a TEU
Rolling up, rolling down!
I wondered where they stowed the crew
To go rolling down the river!

Rolling up! rolling down…

Now we’re the boys to sail ’em through
Rolling up, rolling down!
To hell with the channel and the TEUs!
We’ll go rolling down the river!

Rolling up! rolling down…

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