The Bog Standards - On Board a Man o War

Описание: From the "Bogganeers" live stream April 2021.
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We play this song in Em with the chords Em, DM, F#/D, GM
Lyrics:
As I was a walk on a London street,
A press gang did I chance to meet,
Was there I learned I'd joined the fleet,
The first thing I asked "Lads do tell me true,
What kind of treatment they give to you?
That I may know before I go"

On board a man o'war, boys, on board a man o'war

They told me a story, as I recall
Before my eyes, the gold would fall
They told me I could keep the spoils
Well the first thing I learned much to my surprise,
All that they'd told me were nothing but lies,
There's nought but row after row after row

Well the first thing they did is they took me in hand
And flogged me with the tar of the strand,
They flogged me till I couldny stand
Well they hung me up by my two thumbs,
Flogged me till my blood did run,
And that's the uses they gave to me

(quiet verse)
Well I had a wife back her name was Grace,
I did lead her to shocking disgrace,
She probably cursed my ugly face
Well if I ever find myself back on that shore,
I'll see my London girl once more,
I'll never go to sea no more