As I came to sand it, to sand it, to sand it,
As I came to sand it, the hard, the lossy thing,
As I came to sand it, to sand it, to sand it,
As I came to sand it, the hard, the lossy thing,
We'll make the keel roll,
the keel roll,
the keel roll,
We'll make the keel roll, that my lad is in,
We'll make the keel roll,
the keel roll,
the keel roll,
We'll make the keel roll, that my lad is in.
A ways like me Johnny,
silly,
sly,
sly,
bony,
His fore must bang the money,
keel lad's a coolie tine,
A ways like me Johnny,
silly,
sly,
sly,
bony,
His fore must bang the money,
keel lad's a coolie tine,
He set and rose he tightly,
and in the dance he's frightly,
He cut and shoved him slightly,
to two a heen a mine,
He set and rose he tightly,
and in the dance he's frightly,
He cut and shoved him slightly,
to two a heen a mine,
He wears a blue bonnet,
blue bonnet,
blue bonnet,
He wears a blue bonnet and a dimple in his chin,