Pirates' Shanty:

"When I Was a Nipper."

(Air: Specially composed by Mr. W. H. Stainton.)

Solo: When I was a nipper just fresh from school,
All: (With a heigh and a ho and a dandy-oh!)
Solo: I longed for the sea like a silly young fool,
But I never had drunk a shandy—

All: (Oh! a ricketty hicketty dandy-oh!)
Solo: So I went to the captain of the "Dandy" bark,
All: (With a heigh and a ho and a dandy-oh!)
Solo: And I said, "Will you take me, sir, for a lark?
For I'm strong and very handy—"

All: (Oh! a ricketty hicketty dandy-oh!)
Solo: So the captain he winked at his pals in glee,
All: (With a heigh and a ho and a dandy-oh!)
Solo: And he said, "If you'll drink as much as me,
I'll allow you to sail on the 'Dandy'."

All: (Oh! a ricketty hicketty dandy-oh!)
Solo: So he tossed off a glass, and he said, "That's one!"
All: (With a heigh and a ho and a dandy-oh!)
Solo: And I swallowed another as he had done,
And, would you believe, it was brandy—

All: (Oh! a ricketty hicketty dandy-oh!)
Solo: So he tossed off another, and he said, "That's two!"
All: (With a heigh and a ho and a dandy-oh!)