Chorus: Ranzo, boys, Ranzo!
Solo: The captain was a bad man! (twice)
Chorus: Ranzo, boys, Ranzo!
Solo: He put him in the rigging! (twice)
Chorus: Ranzo, boys, Ranzo!
Solo: He gave him six-and-thirty— (twice)
by which time the topsail is mast-headed, and the mate cries, “Belay!”
When the mainsail is to be set, and they are hauling down the main tack, this, perhaps, is the song:—
Solo: “’Way! haul away! haul away! my ro-sey;
Chorus: ’Way! haul away! haul away! Joe!”