Was you never down the Congo River?
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Black fever makes the white man shiver
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A Irish ship came down the River
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Her masts and yards, they shone like silver
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Oh! Blow me boys and blow for ever!
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Hey! Blow me down that Congo River!
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And Yonder comes the Arrow packet
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She fires her guns. Can't you hear the racket?
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And Who do you think is the skipper of her?
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Ol' Bully Hayes the sailor robber
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Oh! Blow me boys and blow for ever!
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Hey! Blow me down that Congo River!
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Oh, what do you think she had for cargo?
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Why, black sheep daa had run the embargo
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And what do you think they had for dinner?
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Why a frenchman's heart and a scotsman's liver
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Oh! Blow me boys and blow for ever!
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Hey! Blow me down that Congo River!
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Oh! Blow me boys and blow for ever!
Blow, boys, blow
Hey! Blow me down that Congo River!
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