Pressganged

HOO! 2, 3, 4

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[chorus]

I was the bestest boy what ever you did meet

I never spoke to sailors and I never went to sea

But that was before I met with Jake and Mac Laman

I fell asleep while drinking, when I awoke I was pressganged

(PRESSGANGED!)

 

When people start to disappear

In your local pub then you've got something to fear

 

Walking through the streets at night

Saw someone being dragged by their leg out of sight

 

And it ain't to a ship of fame, mercy knows their name

 

[chorus]

I was the bestest boy what ever you did meet

I never spoke to sailors and I never went to sea

But that was before I met with Jake and Mac Laman

I fell asleep while drinking, when I awoke I was pressganged

(PRESSGANGED!)

 

 

Sifting through the pints, glinting in the lights

George’s little face lurking down in the depths of me beer

 

There's mollies, chizlers, stiffs and screws

All legitimated by the red, white and blue

 

The punishment don't fit the crime

It was no fault of mine

 

[chorus]

I was the bestest boy what ever you did meet

I never spoke to sailors and I never went to sea

But that was before I met with Jake and Mac Laman

I fell asleep while drinking, when I awoke I was pressganged

(PRESSGANGED!)

 

 

Well this ain't a ship of fame

I curse its bloody name

All those years of telling the truth

They were no bloody use

 

(instrumental)

 

[chorus]

I was the bestest boy what ever you did meet

I never spoke to sailors and I never went to sea

But that was before I met with Jake and Mac Laman

I fell asleep while drinking, when I awoke I was pressganged

(PRESSGANGED!)

 

[chorus]

I was the bestest boy what ever you did meet

I never spoke to sailors and I never went to sea

But that was before I met with Jake and Mac Laman

I fell asleep while drinking, when I awoke I was pressganged

(PRESSGANGED!)

 

That’s what happened!

Only bloody went and got pressganged init