words and music by Tom Mason
Well, I’ve sailed the seven seas
And I’ll do just as I please
Throw me, throw me in the drinkI’ll swim across that grog
Float upon it like a log
Throw me, throw me in the drinkMy every piece of eight
Has put me in this state
I sway on land as if I were at seaIf I cover up one eye
What I see don’t multiply
This life has made a rummy out of meChorus:
Rum-ditty-rum-ditty-rum-ditty-rum-ditty-rum-ditty-rum-ditty rum
Throw me, throw me in the drink
Rum-ditty-rum-ditty-rum-ditty-rum-ditty-rum-ditty-rum-ditty rum
Throw me, throw me in the drinkI’ll sail from shore to shore
Be drunk forever more
Throw me, throw me in the drinkYou can feed me to a whale
If its belly’s full of ale
Throw me, throw me in the drinkThe world is a saloon
An inebriate lagoon
Throw me, throw me in the drinkI’ve suffered all I will
Make my home that vat of swill
Throw me, throw me in the drinkChorus
Harmonica soloNow when we divvy up the shares
There’s no sense splitting hairs
Just turn my plunder into rumWhen we finally get to land
Make sure I cannot stand
I’ll drink my way to Kingdom Come.Chorus x3
We played with Tom Mason and the Blue Buccaneers a few years ago at a pirate festival in Pensacola, FL. Afterwards, Tom said to us, “You guys should do my song!” We decided not to argue!