Don't Forget Your Old Shipmates

Safe and sound at home again,

Let the waters roar,Jack

Safe and sound at home again,

Let the waters roar,Jack

Long we've tossed on the rolling main

Now we're safe ashore,Jack

Don't forget yer old shipmate,

Faldee,raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-d

Since we sailed from Plymouth Sound

Four years gone,or nigh,Jack

Was there ever chummies,now,

Such as you and I,Jack?

Long we've tossed on the rolling main

Now we're safe ashore,Jack

Don't forget yer old shipmate,

Faldee,raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-d

We have worked the self-same gun,

Quarterdeck division

Sponger I and loader you,

Through the whole commission

Long we've tossed on the rolling main

Now we're safe ashore,Jack

Don't forget yer old shipmate,

Faldee,raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-d

When the middle watch was on

And the time went slow,boy,

Who could choose a rousing stave,

Who like Jack or Joe,boy?

Long we've tossed on the rolling main,

Now we're safe ashore,Jack

Don't forget yer old shipmate,

Faldee,raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe!

There she swings,an empty hulk,

Not a soul below now

Number seven starboard mess

Misses Jack and Joe now

Long we've tossed on the rolling main,

Now we're safe ashore,Jack

Don't forget yer old shipmate,

Faldee,raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe!

But the best of friends must part,

Fair or foul the weather

Hand yer flipper for a shake

Now a drink together

Long we've tossed on the rolling main,

Now we're safe ashore,Jack

Don't forget yer old shipmate,

Faldee,raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe!