The mate was drunk and he went below to take a swig at his bottle-o [Chorus] So early in the morning the sailor likes his bottle-o The bottle-o, the bottle-o, the sailor loves his bottle-o A bottle of rum, a bottle of gin, a bottle of Irish whiskey-o [Chorus] The baccy-o, tobaccy-o, the sailor loves his baccy-o [Chorus] A packet of shag, a packet of cut, a plug of hard torbaccy-o [Chorus] The la**ies-o, the maidens-o, the sailor loves the judies o [Chorus] A la** from the 'pool, a girl from the Tyne, a chowlah so fine and dandy-o [Chorus] A bully rough house, a bully rough house, the sailor like his rough house-o [Chorus] Tread on me coat, and all hands in, a bully good rough and tumble-o [Chorus] A sing-song-o, a sing-song-o, the sailor likes a sing-song-o [Chorus] A drinking song, a song of love, a ditty of seas and shipmates-o [Chorus]