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It was a night, me girls, from The Devil's Crown, in the finest pub in town
Describing a night at The Devil's Crown pub in town.
I was just about to be heading when I passed the final row
The narrator is near the end of the row, about to leave.
The next thing I remember is waking on a ship
Narrator wakes up on a ship, indicating an unexpected journey.
They took me out to Shanghai on a trip
Transported to Shanghai against their will.
Hooray for whiskey (whiskey)
Celebrating whiskey and toasting friendship.
Oh for whiskey (whiskey)
-A penny for each time you stood by us
-Hooray for whiskey (whiskey)
-Oh for whiskey (whiskey)
-To you, me friend, we raise another glass
-On our way back home
Returning home, left alone with captain's supplies.
I been left alone with the captain's last supplies
Narrator takes a sip, thrown into the sea with empty bottles.
I took just a sip, just a tiny bit
-Couldn't help it for me life
-The next thing I remember, they threw me in the sea
-Ten empty bottles floating next to me
-Hooray for whiskey (whiskey)
Continuing the celebration of whiskey and friendship.
Oh for whiskey (whiskey)
-A penny for each time you stood by us
-Hooray for whiskey (whiskey)
-Oh for whiskey (whiskey)
-To you, me friend, we raise another glass
-I built meself a raft and I paddled of
Building a raft and paddling to an island.
To an island somewhere close
Arriving at a smuggler's hiding place, saved with empty bottles.
Was it destiny? Was it meant to be?
-Couldn't tell ya, lads, who knows
-The island I got onto was a smuggler's hiding place
-Five empty bottles later I was saved
-Hooray for whiskey (whiskey)
Expressing gratitude for whiskey and raising a glass to friendship.
Oh for whiskey (whiskey)
-A penny for each time you stood by us
-Hooray for whiskey (whiskey)
-Oh for whiskey (whiskey)
-To you, me friend, we raise another glass
-You'll never get me on that stinkin' ship all the way to bloody China
Defiantly refusing to return to China, emphasizing resistance.
You'll have to fuckin' hit me over the head first
-Hey, come on, lads, give me another bottle of whiskey
Requesting another bottle of whiskey.
To you, me friend, we raise another glass
Final celebration of whiskey and toasting friendship.
Hooray for whiskey (whiskey)
-Oh for whiskey (whiskey)
-A penny for each time you stood by us
-Hooray for whiskey (whiskey)
-Oh for whiskey (whiskey)
-To you, me friend, we raise another glass
-To you, me friend, we raise another glass
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