Windy Old Weather

In this windy old weather
Stormy old weather, boys
When the wind blows
We’ll all go together
Up jumped the herring
The king of the sea
He sang out old skipper
Now you can’t catch me
In this windy old weather
Stormy old weather, boys
When the wind blows
We’ll all go together
Up jumped the mackerel
With his stripéd back
He sang out old skipper
Come haul your mean tack
In this windy old weather
Stormy old weather, boys
When the wind blows
We’ll all go together
Up jumped the sprat
The smallest of all
He sang out old skipper
Come haul your trawl haul
In this windy old weather
Stormy old weather, boys
When the wind blows
We’ll all go together
Up jumped the crab
With his great long claws
He sang out old skipper
You’ll run us ashore
In this windy old weather
Stormy old weather, boys
When the wind blows
We’ll all go together
Up jumped the herring
Right under the lee
He sang drifting’s finished
Why bother? Catch me
In this windy old weather
Stormy old weather, boys
When the wind blows
We’ll all go together
Up jumped the herring
All broken and spent
He cried drifting’s finished
Who’ll pay the rent?
In this windy old weather
Stormy old weather, boys
When the wind blows
We’ll all go together
Up jumped the herring
The king of the shoal
He cried drifting’s finished
Gotta stay on the dole
In this windy old weather
Stormy old weather, boys
When the wind blows
We’ll all go together