The Black Ball Line

Stan Hugill in Concert at Mystic Seaport

Track 8


1.     Oh, in the Blackball Line I served me time.
        Away-ay-ay, Horray-ah!
        In the Blackball Line I wasted me prime.
        Hooraw for the Black Ball Line!

2.     Oh, Blackball Ships are good and true.
        Away-ay-ay, Horray-ah!
        They are the ships for me and you!
        Hooraw for the Black Ball Line!
 

3.     There was once a Blackball ship,
        Away-ay-ay, Horray-ah!
        That fourteen knots an hour could clip.
        Hooraw for the Black Ball Line!
 

4.     If you wanna join a real goldmine,
        Away-ay-ay, Horray-ah!
        Just take a trip to Liverpool.
        Hooraw for the Black Ball Line!
 

5.       To Liverpool, that Packet school,
          Away-ay-ay, Horray-ah!
          to Liverpool, that Yankee school.
          Hooraw for the Black Ball Line!

6.         Yankee sailors you’ll see there,
            Away-ay-ay, Horray-ah!
            With red topped boots and short cut hair.
            Hooraw for the Black Ball Line!
 

7.         They’ll carry you where the winds don’t blow,
            Away-ay-ay, Horray-ah!
            They’ll take you through the frost and snow.
            Hooraw for the Black Ball Line!

8.         Oh drink a health to the Blackball Line,
            Away-ay-ay, Horray-ah!
            Their ships are stout and their men are fine!
            Hooraw for the Black Ball Line!