[Verse 1]
Our boots and clothes is all in pawn
(Go down, you blood red roses, go down)
And it's flamin' drafty 'round Cape Horn
(Go down, you blood red roses, go down)
[Chorus]
Oh, you pinks and posies
(Go down, you blood red roses, go down)
[Verse 2]
It's 'round that cape we all must go
(Go down, you blood red roses, go down)
Around all stiff through the frost and snow
(Go down, you blood red roses, go down)
[Chorus]
Oh, you pinks and posies
(Go down, you blood red roses, go down)
[Verse 3]
Oh, my old mother, she wrote to me
(Go down, you blood red roses, go down)
"My dearest son, come home from sea"
(Go down, you blood red roses, go down)
[Chorus]
Oh, you pinks and posies
(Go down, you blood red roses, go down)
[Verse 4]
It's growl you may, but go you must
(Go down, you blood red roses, go down)
If you growl too much your head they'll bust
(Go down, you blood red roses, go down)
[Chorus]
Oh, you pinks and posies
(Go down, you blood red roses, go down)
[Verse 5]
Just one more pull and that'll do
(Go down, you blood red roses, go down)
For we're the boys to kick her through
(Go down, you blood red roses, go down)
[Chorus]
Oh, you pinks and posies
(Go down, you blood red roses, go down)