The Town Pants - Monahan The Mutineer lyrics

He was Halifax born and bred Long in the arm and thick in the head To leave Halifax there's a quote Its "through a bottle or on a boat" So while he was no sailor He found work aboard a whaler But when they got to St. Pierre It was clear that he didn't care They took him to the gangway And they gave him lashes twenty The captain ordered thirty But his daughter begged for mercy She stepped in before they stabbed him And she took him to her cabin There she gave him wine and water And a bit more than she oughter' So set the sails Or walk the plank What was your name? And what was your rank? If you don't work you'll be hung So come and mutiny while you're young Now the Captain was no fool And he told the men if you break the rules You'll all end up like Monahan And taste the cat to every man! Life aboard a ship is hard But exactly who guards the guards? When a Captain goes insane And men have treason in their veins The next day Monahan pa**ed the word And all those who knew and heard When they called achors aweigh That was the call to disobey This time the Captain walked the plank They dropped him off near Grand Bank "Back to Halifax you can swim" And as he drowned they sang to him So set the sail or walk the plank What was your name or what is your rank They opened the casks and gave a cheer For Monahan the Mutineer And for the moment all looked well Until the sea began to swell The winds blew and the boat began to tip they felt below the hull start to rip And as we went into the sea Monahan screamed this advice to me "If we drown while we are young" its better to drown than to be hung!" So set the sail or walk the plank What was your name or what is your rank If there's work on a ship--don't volunteer like Monahan the mutineer And off in Halifax town The rats come bu*ting the houses down On the beaches and on the piers Where the beer is mixed with tears Old men still tell of Monahan His mutiny and ill-fated plan How we all went into the sea And how none survived except for me!