Hey ho, chicken on a raft Hi ho, chicken on a raft Hey ho, chicken on a raft Hi ho, chicken on a raft The skipper's in the ward room 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 The Jimmy's laughing like a drain Hey ho, chicken on a raft Been looking in me comic cuts again Hey ho, chicken on a raft Oh, chicken on a raft on a Monday morning Oh what a terrible sight to see Dabtow's for'ard and the dustman's aft Sitting here picking at a chicken on a raft Hey ho, chicken on a raft Hi ho, chicken on a raft Hey ho, chicken on a raft Hi ho, chicken on a raft Well they gave me the middle and the forenoon too (Hey ho...) And now I'm pulling in a whaler's crew (Hey ho...) There's a seagull laughing overhead (Hey ho...) Hope to be floating in a feather bed (Hey ho...) Oh, chicken on a raft on a Monday morning... Well an amazon girl lives in Dumfries (Hey ho...) She only has her kids in twos and threes (Hey ho...) Her sister lives in Maryhill (Hey ho...) She says she won't but I think she will (Hey ho...) Oh, chicken on a raft on a Monday morning... We kissed goodbye on the midnight bus (Hey ho...) But she didn't cry, she didn't fuss (Hey ho...) Am I the one that she loves best? (Hey ho...) Or am I just a cuckoo in another man's nest? (Hey ho...) Oh, chicken on a raft on a Monday morning... I had another girl in Donnerbie (Hey ho...) And did she make a fool of me (Hey ho...) Her heart was like a purser's shower (Hey ho...) From hot to cold in a quarter of an hour (Hey ho...) Oh, chicken on a raft on a Monday morning Oh what a terrible sight to see Dabtow's for'ard and the dustman's aft Sitting here picking at a chicken on a raft Hey ho, chicken on a raft Hi ho, chicken on a raft Hey ho, chicken on a raft Hi ho, chicken on a raft