She's earned 'er keep in a number o' climes
(Let 'er go--let 'er go);
She's changed 'er name a number o' times,
Which won't fit right into these 'ere rhymes,
But the name of 'er now is the _Sound o' Mull_,
Built on the Tyne an' sails out of 'Ull.
(Let 'er go!)

'Er keel was laid in 'seventy-four
(Let 'er go--let 'er go),
An' a breaker's price was 'er price before
The ships was scarce an' the freights did soar;
But she's fetched 'er fourteen pound a ton
On the Baltic Exchange since the War begun.
(Let 'er go!)

So she's doin' 'er bit, which we all must do
(Let 'er go--let 'er go),
An' whether she's old or whether she's new
Don't make much odds to a war-time crew,
But 'ooever's sunk or 'ooever's drowned,
The _Sound o' Mull_ keeps pluggin' around.
(Let 'er go!)

An' when she goes, by night or by day
(Let 'er go--let 'er go),
Either up or down, as she likely may,
I only 'ope as someone'll say:
"'Er keel was laid in 'seventy-four;