Has Anybody Seen Our Ship - Noël Coward

«What shall we do with the drunken sailor?»

So the saying goes

We’re not tight, but we’re none too bright

Great Scott, I don’t suppose

We’ve lost our way

And we’ve lost our pay

And to make the thing complete

We’ve been and gone and lost the blooming fleet

Has anybody seen our ship

The H.M.S.

Peculiar?

We’ve been on shore

For a month or more

And when we see the captain we shall get what for

Heave ho, me hearties

Sing glory hallelujah

A lady bold as she could be

Pinched our whistles at the Golden Key

Now we’re in between the devil and the deep blue sea

Has anybody seen our ship?

What shall be done with the girls on shore

Who lead our tars astray?

What’s to be done with the drunks galore

That make them pass away?

We’ve got wet ears

From our first five beers

After that we lost control

And now we find we’re up the blinking pole

Has anybody seen our ship

The H.M.S.

Disgusting?

We’ve three guns aft and another fore

And they’ve promised us a funnel for the next world war

Heave ho, me hearties

The quarter-deck needs dusting

We had a binge last Christmas year

Nice plum pudding and a round of beer

But the captain pulled his cracker and we cried, «Oh, dear!»

Has anybody seen our ship?

Has anybody seen our ship

The H.M.S.

Suggestive?

She sailed away

Across the bay

And we haven’t had a smell of her since New Year’s Day

Heave ho, me hearties

We’re getting rather restive

We pooled our money, spent the lot

The world forgetting by the world forgot

Now we haven’t got a penny for the you know what

Has anybody seen our ship