Cyril Tawney
Cyril Tawney
Cyril Tawney
Cyril Tawney
Cyril Tawney
Cyril Tawney
Cyril Tawney
Cyril Tawney
Cyril Tawney
Cyril Tawney
Cyril Tawney
Cyril Tawney
Young Traditions, who covered the song on their 1967 album Chicken on a Raft, had this to say about it in the liner notes:
“This is not a shanty, though it could well have been had it been made a hundred years ago, but followers of the group would never have forgiven them if they had not included i...
[Verse 1]
Skipper's in the wardroom drinking gin
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
I don't mind knocking but I ain't going in
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
'Jimmy's' laughing like a drain
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
Been looking at me Comic Cuts again
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
[Chorus]
Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning
Oh what a terrible sight to see
'Dabtoes' for'd and the Dustmen aft
Sitting there picking at a 'chicken on a raft'
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
Oy-oh, chicken on a raft
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
Oy-oh, chicken on a raft
[Verse 2]
They gave me the Middle and the Forenoon too
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
And now I'm pulling in the whaler's crew
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
Seagulls wheeling overhead
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
I ought to be 'flogging' in a feather bed
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
[Chorus]
Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning
Oh, what a terrible sight to see
'Dabtoes' for'd and the Dustmen aft
Sitting there picking at a 'chicken on a raft'
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
Oy oh, chicken on a raft
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
Oy-oh, chicken on a raft
[Verse 3]
An Amazon girl lives in Dumfries
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
She only has kids in twos and threes
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
Her sister lives in Maryhill
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
She says she won't, but I think she will
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
[Chorus]
Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning
Oh, what a terrible sight to see
'Dabtoes' and the Dustmen aft
Sitting there picking at a 'chicken on a raft'
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
Oy-oh, chicken on a raft
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
Oy-oh, chicken on a raft
[Verse 4]
We kissed goodbye on the midnight bus
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
She didn't cry, she didn't fuss
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
Am I the man that she loves best?
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
Or am I just a cuckoo in another man's nest?
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
[Chorus]
Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning
Oh, what a terrible sight to see
'Dabtoes' and the Dustmen aft
Sitting there picking at a 'chicken on a raft'
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
Oy-oh, chicken on a raft
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
Oy-oh, chicken on a raft
[Verse 5]
I had a little girl in 'Donny B'
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
And oh, she made a fool of me
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
Her heart was like a Pusser's shower,
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
From hot to cold in a quarter of an hour
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
[Chorus]
Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning
Oh, what a terrible sight to see
'Dabtoes' and the Dustmen aft
Sitting there picking at a 'chicken on a raft'
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
Oy-oh, chicken on a raft
Hey-oh, chicken on a raft
Oy-oh, chicken on a raft
Cyril Tawney released Chicken on a Raft on Thu Jan 01 1976.