When I was just a little lad, or so my mammy told me,
We'll haul away, we'll haul away Joe!
That if I didn't kiss the girls me lips would grow a-moldy oh.
We'll haul away, we'll haul away Joe!
To me! (spoken)
Chorus:
We'll haul away, we'll haul away together boys!
We'll haul away, we'll haul away Joe!
To me!(spoken)
Way haul away, we'll haul for better weather boys!
We'll haul away, we'll haul away Joe!
To me (spoken)
King Louis was the king of France before the revolut-i-on.
We'll haul away, we'll haul away Joe!
And then he got his head cut off; it spoiled his constitut-i-on.
We'll haul away, we'll haul away Joe!
To me (spoken)
Chorus
Now once in me life I married a wife; her name was Kitty Flanagan.
We'll haul away, we'll haul away Joe!
She stole me watch, she took me knife, she took me pots and pannikins!
We'll haul away, we'll haul away Joe!
To me (spoken)
Chorus
She stayed all night! Oh what a sight and where d’ya think I found her?
We'll haul away, we'll haul away Joe!
In the back of the pub with her skirts clewed up and 20 men around her!
We'll haul away, we'll haul away Joe!
To me (spoken)
Chorus
So later in life I married a wife, but damnit she was lazy oh!
We'll haul away, we'll haul away Joe!
She couldn’t cook, she wouldn’t clean, she damn near drove me crazy oh!
We'll haul away, we'll haul away Joe!
To me (spoken)
Chorus
Now once I lived in Ireland, digging turf and praties oh.
We'll haul away, we'll haul away Joe!
But now I’m on a whaling ship, a-pullin on the braces oh!
We'll haul away, we'll haul away Joe!
To me (spoken)
Chorus
Saint Patrick was a gentleman. He came from decent people oh.
We'll haul away, we'll haul away Joe!
He built a church in Dublin town and on it put a steeple oh.
We'll haul away, we'll haul away Joe!
To me (spoken)
Chorus
I’m proud to be an Irishman, it is me lot in life, ya know.
We'll haul away, we'll haul away Joe!
So I’ll drink a stout of whisky until the heavens I do go!
We'll haul away, we'll haul away Joe!
To me (spoken)
Chorus
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