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 drink

I’ll swim across that grog
Float upon it like a log
Throw me, throw me in the drink

My every piece of eight
Has put me in this state
I sway on land as if I were at sea

If I cover up one eye
What I see don’t multiply
This life has made a rummy out of me

Chorus:
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 drink

I’ll sail from shore to shore
Be drunk forever more
Throw me, throw me in the drink

You can feed me to a whale
If its belly’s full of ale
Throw me, throw me in the drink

The world is a saloon
An inebriate lagoon
Throw me, throw me in the drink

I’ve suffered all I will
Make my home that vat of swill
Throw me, throw me in the drink

Chorus
Harmonica solo

Now when we divvy up the shares
There’s no sense splitting hairs
Just turn my plunder into rum

When 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!