go down you red red roses

come sailors listen unto me: come down you bunch of roses

come down

a lovely song i'll sing to thee

oh

you pinks and posies

come down

you red

red roses

come down

a whale is bigger than a mouse

come down you bunch of roses

come down

a sailor's lower than a louse

oh

you pinks and posies

come down

you red

red roses

come down

the cook he rolled out all the grub: come down you bunch of roses

come down

one split pea in a ten-pound tub

oh

you pinks and posies

come down

you red

red roses

come down

in eighteen hundred and fifty-three

come down you bunch of roses

come down

we set sail for the southern sea

oh

you pinks and posies

come down

you red

red roses

come down

in eighteen hundred and fifty-five

come down you bunch of roses

come down

i was breathing but not alive

oh

you pinks and posies

come down

you red

red roses

come down

in eighteen hundred and fifty-seven

come down you bunch of roses

come down

we sailed up to the gates of heaven

oh

you pinks and posies

come down

you red

red roses

come down

saint peter would not let us in

come down you bunch of roses

come down

he sent us back to earth again

oh

you pinks and posies

come down

you red

red roses

come down

all this is true that i do tell

come down you bunch of roses

come down

the ship we're on's a livin' hell

oh

you pinks and posies

come down

you red

red roses

come down

the captain's covered o'er with fur

come down you bunch of roses

come down

has grown a tail like lucifer

oh

you pinks and posies

come down

you red

red roses

come down