The very first voyage as ever I made br I went to sea in the East Coast trade, br And I courted a gal at Seaton Sluice - br If her name warn’t Lizzie it must ha’ been Luce - br So I did! br br And then I signed in a Colonies clipper br With a rare old rip of a racing skipper, br And there warn’t no sense nor there warn’t no use br A-courting a gal at Seaton Sluice; br So I looked for another down Melbourne way - br If her name warn’t Kitty it must ha’ been May - br So I did! br br Oh, next I sailed in a pearlin’ brig br To the South Sea Ilses both little and big, br Where it warn’t no use, say what you may, br A-courting a gal down Melbourne way; br So I didn’t worry with her no longer, br But I soon picked up with a gal in Tonger, br An’ island gal as brown as a berry - br Don’t know her name, but I called her “Cherry” - br So I did! br br (And so on ad lib.) br br But last I signed in a Liverpool liner - br Go where you will and you won’t find a finer! br And it’s time, thinks I, to be settlin’ down, br So I married a widder in Monkeytown, br With a bit in the bank and a “corner-off,” br And when I’m ashore now I lives like a toff.