Am (Capo2nd)

When first I landed in Liverpool, I went upon the spree
My hard-earned cash, I spent it fast, got drunk as drunk could be,
And when me money was all gone, 'twas then I wanted more,
But a man must be blind for to make up his mind to go to sea once more.

Chorus:  Once more, once more, to go to sea once more
      But a man must be blind for to make up his mind,
      To go to sea once more. (LAST 2 LINES OF CHORUS ECHO VERSE)

That night I slept with Angeline, I was too drunk to roll in bed.
My clothes was new, my money, too, and next morning with them she'd fled,
And as I roamed the streets around, them whores they all did roar,
"There goes Jack, poor sailor lad, who must go to sea once more.

Chorus:

Now as I was rollin' down the street, I met with Rapper Brown.
I asked him then to take me in, but he looked at me with a frown.
Says he, "Last time ye was paid off, with me ye chaulked no score,
But I'll give ye a chance and I'll take your advance, and I'll send yer to sea once more.

Chorus:

He shipped me aboard of a whalin' ship bound for them Arctic seas
Where there's ice and snow and the cold winds blow, why, Jamaica rum would freeze;
And worse to bear I'd no hard-weather gear, an' I'd spent all my money ashore,
Ah, 'twas then that I wished that I was dead, and could go to sea no more.

Chorus:

Sometimes we're catchin' whales, me boys, some days we're catchin' none.
With a twenty-foot oar stuck in your hand from four o'clock in the morn
And when the shades of night come on, and you rest on your weary oar,
Oh, it's then that you wish that you were dead or safe with the girls on shore.

Chorus:

Come all you bold sea-faring men, and listen to my song
When you come off of them long trips, I'd have you not go wrong;
Take my advice, drink no strong drink and don't go sleepin' with no whore,
But get married, lads, and spend all night in, and  hunt that whale no more.

Chorus:

Go to Sea Once More (traditional)
Arrangement and additional words George Clarke