He went to sea as a cabin-boy
Before he was one year old.
Chorus. Now this is pretty bad,
But it’s nothin’ to what’s a-coming:
Yet Charley he was a truthful lad,
And never indulged in humming.
And this Charley Buff allays said to me:
“To lie I cannot afford,
For you know I hev got more truth in me
Than all of the rest on board.