(Let 'er go!)

But she's been 'ere an' she's been there

(Let 'er go—let 'er go),

An' she's been almost everywhere;

An' wherever you went you'd sure see 'er,

With 'er rust-red hawse an' 'er battered old funnel,

All muck an' dirt from 'er keel to 'er gun'le.

(Let 'er go!)

She's earned 'er keep in a number o' climes

(Let 'er go—let 'er go);