Chicken on a Raft

[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