Classic Poem

1. " We're homeward bound! " I've heard them say; Good
3. When we are hauling in the Waterloo Dock, Good
bye, fare you well, goodbye, fare you well! We're homeward
bye, fare you well, goodbye, fare you well! Where the boys and the
bound from Mobile Bay. Hurrah, my boys, we're homeward bound!
gals on the pierhead do flock; Hurrah, my boys, we're homeward bound!

2 When we get there, won't we fly round!
With the gals we find there we will raise merry hell.

3 When we are hauling in the Waterloo Dock,
Where the boys and the gals on the pierhead do flock,

4 And one to the other you'll hear them say,
" Here comes jolly Jack and his eighteen months' pay! "

5 Then we'll go up to the Dog and the Bell,
And the landlord he'll come in with his face all in smiles,

6 Saying, " Drink up, Jack, for it's worth your while! "
But when your money is all gone and spent,

7 There's none to be borrowed nor none to be lent.
Then you'll see him come in with a frown,

8 And then you'll hear him to the other man say,
" Get up there, Jack, and let John sit down! "

9 When your pocketbook's full your name it is John,
But when you are broke then your name it is Jack.