歌词
Come all yee jolly young tugboat men
And listen unto me
While I tell you a story of hardships and glory
Of a lusty old life on the deep briny sea
There once was a stalwart old tugboat
Her name was the Oda G
And I'll let you know boys at pullin' a tow boys
There was no huskier tugboat than she
She came off the ways in '89
For storms she cared not a dam
'Twas boasted around 'twas the talk of the town
That she knew that old coastline as well as a man
Her mate was an expert at runnin;the logs
He n're seemed to come to no harm
But he run out'a luck when he fell in the chuck
With a rusty old boom chain wrapped round his left arm
Her engineer was a lazy young tramp
All day he did nothin' but read
On the fantail he sat on his young lazy prat
Till a big roarin' wave swept him into the sea
Her deckhand was painting the bulwarks so fine
Painting so carefully
But he met his fate when to admire his painting
He took a step back and fell into the sea
Her skipper he was a very fine man
At seafarin' he was a pip
But without a crew he didn't know what to do
So he grabbed up a lifebelt and abanded the ship
But the old Oda G she kept tuggin' along
She towed those logs down to Long Bay
And old Penny hurrayed for the money he saved
And he sent her right back on the very next day
S.t.