Row, Boys, Row Lyrics - Front Parlour Ballads - Richard Thompson

Feel that sting across your back and Row, Boys, Row 

Don't wait for the whip to crack and Row, Boys, Row 

Is it wise to be moaning when the Captain comes? 

Tip your hat and get grinning though you're worn to the gums 

Is it wise to be needy in the land of the free? 

Is it wise to be bleeding in a shark-filled sea? 

Seven years of bad luck 

Should have read the small print... 

Save my soul, save my soul 

I'm chained below, I'm chained below 

Carving sailors' little keepsakes 

Out of teeth and nails and driftwood 

Got to keep the old ship moving 

Ploughing through the Sea of Cortez 

Living skeletons for neighbors 

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Is it wise to be moaning when the Captain comes? 

Tip your hat and get grinning though you're worn to the gums 

Is it wise to be needy in the land of the free? 

Is it wise to be bleeding in a shark-filled sea?