Chicken on a Raft - Live: Five Years at Sea - Pyrates!

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Five Years at Sea
Chicken on a Raft
Live at Triskell Celtic Festival, Italy - June 29th 2018
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I was reluctant to put up yet another full Chicken on a Raft video, as we have so many!
It remains a great fun part of our show and it's always a delight to sing this with such a fantastic crowd.

However, as the footage of this came out well, I thought it was nice to include it with the other uploads from the concert that became the CD 'Five years at sea'

And don't forget to turn the subtitles on ;)


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Buy this track here:
https://pyrates.bandcamp.com/track/chicken-on-a-raft-live

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Chicken On A Raft
🐔 🚣‍♀️
Written By: Cyril Tawney

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Chicken on a Raft

Skipper in the wardroom drinkin' gin,
Hey yo, chicken on a raft!
I don't mind knockin', but I ain't goin' in!
Hey yo, chicken on a raft!
The jimmy's laughin' like it'd rain,
Hey yo, chicken on a raft!
He's lookin' at me comic cuts again!
Hey yo, chicken on a raft!

Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning,
Oh, what a terrible sight to see,
Dabtoes forward and the dustmen aft,
Sittin' there a' pickin' at a chicken on a raft!
Hi, ho, chicken on a raft!
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft!
Hi, ho, chicken on a raft!
Hey, ho, chicken on a raft!

Gave me the middle and the forenoon too,
Now I'm pullin' on a whalin' crew.
Seagulls wheelin' overhead,
I oughter be home in me feather bed!

I had a little girl in Donny-B,
And did she make a fool of me.
Her heart was like a pusser's shower,
Run hot to cold in a quarter of an hour!

We kissed goodbye on a midnight bus,
She didn't cry and she didn't fuss,
Am I that one she loves the best,
Or just a cuckoo in another man's nest?

An Amazon girl lived in Dumfries,
Only had her kids in two's and three's,
She's got a little sister in Maryhill,
Says she won't but I think she will!

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Pyrates! Are an award-winning sea shanty folk rock band who will take you on a musical excursion across the oceans themselves as they breathe new life back into sea shanties, traditional songs, old folk favourites, and ballads whose origins have been forgotten and lost in time.

Known for their energetic and up-tempo performances, Pyrates! will be sure to have you tapping your foot and singing along in no time as they take to the stage with their unique brand of folk-rock and maritime music.

Pyrates! have been touring across Europe for well over a decade and have entertained tens of thousands of people at hundreds of shows in a dozen countries across the globe, making a name for themselves in the festival scene across the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, and Poland.

Pyrates! can be found at:
www.pyrates.nl
info@pyrates.nl