Poor old Rueben Ranzo
Ranzo me boys Ranzo
Poor old Rueben Ranzo
Ranzo me boys Ranzo
Ranzo was no sailor
He was a New York Tailor
Ranzo was no sailor
But they shipped him aboard of a whaler
Ranzo was no beauty
And he would not do his duty
So they gave him lashes thirty
Because he was so dirty
The captain’s daughter Suzy
Begged her dad for mercy
She gave him wine and water
And a bit more than she ought to
She gave him an education
She taught him navigation
Now Ranzo is a sailor
A captain aboard of a whaler
Now wherever them whalefish blow
He’s the hardest bastard on the go