Sam’s gone away lyrics

I wish I was a cabin boy,

on a man o’war!

Sam’s gone away, aboard a man o’war!

Pretty work, brave boys,

Pretty work, I say!

Sam’s gone away, aboard a man o’war!

I wish I was a gunner,

I wish I was a boson,

I wish I was an officer,

I wish I was a captain

I wish I was a ship’s cat

I wish I was a molecule