Don’t Forget Your Shipmates

[Verse 1]
Safe and sound at home again, let the waters roar, Jack
Safe and sound at home again, let the waters roar, Jack

[Chorus]
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!

[Verse 2]
Since we sailed from Plymouth Sound, four years gone, or nigh, Jack
Was there ever chummies, now, such as you and I, Jack?

[Chorus]
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!

[Verse 3]
We have worked the self-same gun, quarterdeck division
Sponger I and loader you, through the whole commission

[Chorus]
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!

[Verse 4]
When the middle watch was on, and the time went slow, boy
Who could choose a rousing stave, who like Jack or Joe, boy?

[Chorus]
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!

[Verse 5]
There she swings, an empty hulk, not a soul below now
Number seven starboard mess misses Jack and Joe now

[Chorus]
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!

[Verse 6]
But the best of friends must part, fair or foul the weather
Hand yer flipper for a shake, now a drink together

[Chorus]
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!