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Yo Ho!
Phoenyx
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Sittin' at the dockside linin' for fish
With all idle time that a man could wish
The world goes black with a crack on the head
Wake with an ache and a belly unfed
Take a look around and you wish you were dead
'Cause you're WORKIN' ON A SLAVER!!
Singin' YO HO, CRACK YOUR BACK IN TWO!
As you pull the oar of the galley on
YO HO, CRACK YOUR BACK IN TWO!
As you row your soul away
Can't wait in the mornin' for the day to end
WORKIN' ON A SLAVER!
And the touch of the whip is your only friend
WORKIN' ON A SLAVER!
They'll work you hard and they'll work you fast
When you get enough courage to talk at last
Then they'll wrap your entrails around the mainmast
When you're WORKIN' ON A SLAVER!!
Singin' YO HO, CRACK YOUR BACK IN TWO!
As you pull the oar of the galley on
YO HO, CRACK YOUR BACK IN TWO!
As you row your soul away
Well, the food they serve ends up at your feet, WORKIN' ON A SLAVER!
If you eat ship rats then you get more meat WORKIN' ON A SLAVER!!
You raise the oars at the captain's call
And no one claims that it hurts them at all
'Cause it's nothin' when compared to a good keelhaul
When you're WORKIN' ON A SLAVER!!!
Singin' YO HO, CRACK YOUR BACK IN TWO!
As you pull the oar of the galley on
YO HO, CRACK YOUR BACK IN TWO!
As you row your soul away
What do you do with a broken sailor
What do you do with a broken sailor
What do you do with a broken sailor
Early in the morning
Way, hey, up he rises
Way, hey, up he rises
Way, hey, up he rises
Early in the morning
Throw him overboard and drag 'im on the anchor
Throw him overboard and drag 'im on the anchor
Throw him overboard and drag 'im on the anchor
Early in the morning
Way, hey, up he rises
Way, hey, up he rises
Way, hey, up he rises
Early in the morning
Feed him to the sharks till the bones is floatin'
Feed him to the sharks till the bones is floatin'
Feed him to the sharks till the bones is floatin'
Early in the morning
Way, hey, up he rises
Way, hey, up he rises
Way, hey, up he rises
Early in the morning
Hang him from the mast as a jolly roger
Hang him from the mast as a jolly roger
Hang him from the mast as a jolly roger
Early in the morning
Way, hey, up he rises
Way, hey, up he rises
Way, hey, up he rises
Early in the morning
What do you do with a broken sailor
What do you do with a broken sailor
What do you do with a broken sailor
Early in the morning
Way, hey, up he rises
Way, hey, up he rises
Way, hey, up he rises
Early in the morning
There is no escapin' of the devilish pit
WORKIN' ON A SLAVER!
If you talk revolution then your tongue gets split
WORKIN' ON A SLAVER!
You can't speak truth and you don't dare lie
If you make them kill you then you're braver than I
'Cause they think of hellish ways for a man to die
When you're WORKIN' ON A SLAVER!!!
Singin' YO HO, CRACK YOUR BACK IN TWO!
As you pull the oar of the galley on
YO HO, CRACK YOUR BACK IN TWO!
As you row your soul away
YO HO, CRACK YOUR BACK IN TWO!
As you pull the oar of the galley on
YO HO, CRACK YOUR BACK IN TWO!
As you row your soul away