(Geh nicht an Land, oh nee Billy Boy ! )
und die Frau'n an Land blasen dir den Marsch,
ist dein Geld erst weg, bist du fix am aus
gutem Grund singen wir hier Heiko Fenns englischen Original-Text
Oh Billy Billy boy, don't go ashore
Oh Billy, don't go ashore
Pretty girls downtown call welcome you
when you’re money is spent they will laughing say adieu
If you stay on board you’ll save your pay
but you’ll wonder how soon ashore it goes away
In the Pub there waits an artful skipper
an' he takes you drunk on his rotten dirty clipper
In the boardinghouse they are cheating you
In the night they steal your hire cloth and shoe
When your ship next morn is goin' to sail
you will find yourself without money in the jail