When I was born I played the drum, the day I went to sea
I jumped aboard a pirate ship and my captain said to me
We're going this way, that way, forwards and backwards over the Irish Sea
A bottle of rum to fill my tongue and that's the life for me
When I was two I woke up at two, the day I went to sea
I jumped aboard a pirate ship and my captain said to me
We're going this way, that way, forwards and backwards over the Irish Sea
A bottle of rum to fill my tongue and that's the life for me
When I was three I played the drum, the day I went to sea

I jumped aboard a pirate ship and my captain said to me
We're going this way, that way, forwards and backwards over the Irish Sea
A bottle of rum to fill my tongue and that's the life for me
When I was four I knocked on the door, the day I went to sea
I jumped aboard a pirate ship and my captain said to me
We're going this way, that way, forwards and backwards over the Irish Sea
A bottle of rum to fill my tongue and that's the life for me
When I was five I learned to dive, the day I went to sea
I jumped aboard a pirate ship and my captain said to me
We're going this way, that way, forwards and backwards over the Irish Sea
A bottle of rum to fill my tongue and that's the life for me