Skippers in the wardroom drinking gin. Hey ho, chicken on a raft.
I don’t mind knocking but I ain’t going in. Hey ho, chicken on a raft.
Jimmy’s laughing like a drain. Hey ho, chicken on a raft.
He’s looking at me ‘comic cuts’ again. Hey ho, chicken on a raft.

Chicken on a raft on Monday morning. Oh what a terrible sight to see:
The ‘dabtoes’ fore and the dustmen aft, sitting there picking at a ‘chicken on a raft!’
Hey ho, chicken on a raft. Hey ho, chicken on a raft.
Oh yo chicken on a raft. Hey ho, oh yo
Hey ho, chicken on a raft. Chicken on a raft. Oh yo chicken on a raft.

I had a girl in Donny ‘B’. Hey ho, chicken on a raft.
And oh she made a fool of me. Hey ho, chicken on a raft.
Her heart was like a pusser’s shower. Hey ho, chicken on a raft.
From hot to cold in a quarter of an hour. Hey ho, chicken on a raft.

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An amazon girl lives in Dumfries. Hey ho, chicken on a raft.
She only has kids in twos and threes. Hey ho, chicken on a raft.
Her sister lives in Maryhill. Hey ho, chicken on a raft.
She says she won’t but I think she will. Hey ho, chicken on a raft.

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We kissed goodbye on the midnight bus. Hey ho, chicken on a raft.
She didn’t cry, she didn’t fuss. Hey ho, chicken on a raft.
Am |I the man she loves best? Hey ho, chicken on a raft.
Or am I just a cuckoo in another man’s nest? Hey ho, chicken on a raft.

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