Daddy's gone a-smuggling,

Daddy's gone to Roscoff in the Mevagissey Maid,

A sloop of ninety tons

With ten brass-carriage guns,

To teach the King's ships manners and respect for honest trade.

Hush, my joy and sorrow,

Daddy'll come to-morrow

Bringing baccy, tea and snuff and brandy home from France;

And he'll run the goods ashore

While the old Collectors snore