Billy Mccoy was a musical boy
On the Cruiser Alabama he was there at the piana
Like a fish down in the sea, oh when he'd rattle off some harmony
Every night out on the ocean he would get that raggy notion
Start that syncopated motion lovingly
No one could sleep way out there in the deep
When Billy cut loose out at sea
(release)
Each fish and worm... Begins to twist & squirm
The ship starts in a dip and does a corkscrew turn
You see that smoke so black sneak from that old smokestack
It's floatin' right to heaven and it won't come back
Now here and there you'll see a stool and chair
A-slippin' 'round the cabin shoutin' I dont care!"
And then the hammock starts a-swingin

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