The Longest Johns - Four Hours, from Cures What Ails Ya

Verse 1]
Come me boys and heave with me
Let's get off this curs-ed sea
Let's be home to lovers and wives
And leave behind these four hour lives

[Chorus]
(Four Hours) Workin' on the swell
(Four Hours) Sloggin' in the rain
(Four Hours) Workin' to the bell
Then (Four Hours) 'til it starts again

[Verse 2]
Come me boys and heave with me
The wind's my friend and my enemy
It carries me home but it must be tamed
Everything lost or everything gained

[Chorus]
(Four Hours) Workin' on the swell
(Four Hours) Sloggin' in the rain
(Four Hours) Workin' to the bell
Then (Four Hours) 'til it starts again

[Verse 3]
Come me boys and heave with me
got scabrous hands and bloody knees
But when the bell tolls, I'll go below
My hands will callous and my strength will grow

[Chorus]
(Four Hours) Workin' on the swell
(Four Hours) Sloggin' in the rain
(Four Hours) Workin' to the bell
Then (Four Hours) 'til it starts again

[Verse 4]
Come me boys and heave away
Soaked and heavy heaving under the spray
Will I ever shed this salt on my brow?
Better the dust from under my plow

[Chorus]
(Four Hours) Workin' on the swell
(Four Hours) Sloggin' in the rain
(Four Hours) Workin' to the bell
Then (Four Hours) 'til it starts again

[Verse 5]
When I'm back in Bristol town
I'll buy my love a silken gown
We'll lie in each others arms and rest
Until that bell sounds in my chest

[Chorus]
(Four Hours) Workin' on the swell
(Four Hours) Sloggin' in the rain
(Four Hours) Workin' to the bell
Then (Four Hours) 'til it starts again

[Chorus]
(Four Hours) Haulin on the sheets
(Four Hours) Keeping our feet
(Four Hours) Wrap me in the shroud
Then (Four Hours) Lay me in the ground