Skipper's in the wardroom drinking gin,
(Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
I don't mind knocking but I ain't going in,
(Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
'Jimmy's' laughing like a drain,
(Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
Been looking at m' 'comic cuts' again.
(Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning, oh what a terrible sight to see,
'Dabtoes' for'd and the Dustmen aft, sitting there picking at a 'chicken on a raft'.
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft, Oy -oh, chicken on a raft.
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft, Oy -oh, chicken on a raft.
They gave me the Middle and the Forenoon too,
(Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
And now I'm pulling in the whaler's crew,
(Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
Seagulls wheeling overhead,
(Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
I ought to be 'flogging' in a feather bed.
(Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning, oh what a terrible sight to see,
'Dabtoes' for'd and the Dustmen aft, sitting there picking at a 'chicken on a raft'.
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft, Oy -oh, chicken on a raft.
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft, Oy -oh, chicken on a raft.
I had a little girl in 'Donny B',
(Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
And oh, she made a fool of me,
(Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
Her heart was like a Pusser's shower,
(Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
From hot to cold in a quarter of an hour.
(Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning, oh what a terrible sight to see,
'Dabtoes' for'd and the Dustmen aft, sitting there picking at a 'chicken on a raft'.
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft, Oy -oh, chicken on a raft.
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft, Oy -oh, chicken on a raft.
We kissed goodbye on the midnight bus,
(Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
She didn't cry, she didn't fuss,
(Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
Am I the one that she loves best?
(Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
Or am I just a cuckoo in another man's nest?
(Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning, oh what a terrible sight to see,
'Dabtoes' for'd and the Dustmen aft, sitting there picking at a 'chicken on a raft'.
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft, Oy -oh, chicken on a raft.
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft, Oy -oh, chicken on a raft.
An Amazon girl lives in Dumfries,
(Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
She only has kids in twos and threes,
(Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
Her sister lives in Maryhill,
(Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
She says she won't but I think she will.
(Hey -oh, chicken on a raft)
Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning, oh what a terrible sight to see,
'Dabtoes' for'd and the Dustmen aft, sitting there picking at a 'chicken on a raft'.
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft, Oy -oh, chicken on a raft.
Hey -oh, chicken on a raft, Oy -oh, chicken on a raft.
Writer(s): Cyril Tawney
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