Oh, in the Blackball Line I served me time
Away-ay-ay, Horray-ah!
In the Blackball Line I wasted me prime
Hooraw for the Black Ball Line!
Oh, Blackball Ships are good and true
Away-ay-ay, Horray-ah!
They are the ships for me and you!
Hooraw for the Black Ball Line!
There was once a Blackball ship
Away-ay-ay, Horray-ah!
That fourteen knots an hour could clip
Hooraw for the Black Ball Line!
If you wanna join a real goldmine
Away-ay-ay, Horray-ah!
Just take a trip to Liverpool
Hooraw for the Black Ball Line!
To Liverpool, that Packet school
Away-ay-ay, Horray-ah!
To Liverpool, that Yankee school
Hooraw for the Black Ball Line!
Yankee sailors you'll see there
Away-ay-ay, Horray-ah!
With red topped boots and short cut hair
Hooraw for the Black Ball Line!
They'll carry you where the winds don't blow
Away-ay-ay, Horray-ah!
They'll take you through the frost and snow
Hooraw for the Black Ball Line!
Oh drink a health to the Blackball Line
Away-ay-ay, Horray-ah!
Their ships are stout and their men are fine!
Hooraw for the Black Ball Line!