Chicken on a Raft - The Young Tradition

The Young Tradition:-
Peter Bellamy
Royston Wood
Heather Wood

Song compiled by Cyril Tawney

Chicken on a Raft = Scrambled Egg on Toast
Dabtoes = Able Bodied Seamen
Dustmen = Engineers
Pusser = Chief Petty Officer

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• Chicken
• Raft
• Young
• Tradition
• Peter
• Bellamy
• Royston
• Heather
• Wood
• Traditional
• Folk

[gaspode18]

Jimmy = Jimmy-the-One = 1st lieutenant

Comic Cuts = Orders

Dabtoes = seamen

Dustmen = stokers

middle, forenoon = watches

Whalin' crew = Whaler's Crew / Whaler = Ship's boat

pusser = purser

Hope this helps a bit.

[pugwashsecond]

@gaspode18 Cheers - never knew the meaning of 'Comic Cuts' but it makes sense :-)

[justthemailman]

So if I understand this song correctly, these guys are singing, on a ship, and lamenting their breakfast, complaining about work and girls?

[pugwashsecond]

@justthemailman sounds reasonable to me

[zillyzachary]

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I've been listening to this song for an hour XD

[johnnyrafter]

Chicken on a raft is, of course, a bird situated on a structure that floats on water.

[MetFanMac]

Love this song, it's so catchy.

Part of the genius of this rendition is the distinctive drawn-out "aft" in the chorus, which wasn't in the original composition.

[shantyman62]

@BoBoSeph Eggs on toast

[grimecube]

@zillyzachary Really? Just an hour? We've done a contest, who could listen to it the longest. I clocked 79 hours and a few minutes.

[BoBoSeph]

Chicken on a raft=French on naval ships

[jrodigan5]

My brother and I sing this whenever we're in one of our cars.

[MonsterJonster]

I like the part when they say "chicken on a raft!"

[bananachip33]

AYO CHICKEN ON A RAFT.

[shnunk1]

Chicken on a raft: 10 hours.