A. L. Lloyd - Reuben Ranzo Lyrics

Oh, poor old Reuben Ranzo,
Ranzo, me boys, Ranzo
Oh, poor old Reuben Ranzo,
Ranzo, me boys, Ranzo

Oh, Ranzo was no sailor
So he shipped aboard a whaler

Oh, Ranzo was no beauty
So he couldn't do his duty

Oh, because he was so dirty
He give him five and thirty

Oh, the skipper's daughter Suzy
Well, she begged her dad for mercy

Oh, she give him wine and water
And a bit more than she ought to

Well, he got his first mate papers
He's a terror to the whalers

Now he's known wherever them whale-fish blow
As the hardest master on the go