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Chicken on a Raft - The Young Tradition

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Uploaded on Jan 15, 2009

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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  • LindsayTaylor1024

    LindsayTaylor1024 3 months ago

    I need to find the lyrics. ASAP.

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  • Peter Little

    Peter Little 3 months ago

    try mudcat.org

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  • Hans Fried

    Hans Fried 7 months ago

    Heather Wood, Royston Wood, Peter Bellamy, vocals;

    Dave Calderhead, Hans Fried, Ken Hamer, Roger and Frances Jones-Ford, Arthur Knevett, Rod and Danny Stradling, chorus

    People on recording. Just setting history.

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  • Peter Little

    Peter Little 7 months ago

    Cheers, thanks for the information, bet it was fun making the recording, it certainly sounds like it

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  • gaspode18

    gaspode18 1 year ago

    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.

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  • Peter Little

    Peter Little 1 year ago

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

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  • justthemailman

    justthemailman 1 year ago

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

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  • Giulio Rossi

    Giulio Rossi 2 weeks ago

    You can find the text here: tomlewis. net / lyrics / chicken_raft . htm

    Does someone can translate it in a more moder english? I'm having some trouble understanding it.

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  • vampyrezombiedragon

    vampyrezombiedragon 1 month ago

    Every single sailor song ever.

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  • John Smith

    John Smith 1 month ago

    ..."Doctor!" to you too!

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  • John Watson

    John Watson 1 month ago

    Doctor!

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  • ZekaetheNinja

    ZekaetheNinja 1 month ago

    Cyril Tawney did it better. Much catchier too.

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  • John Smith

    John Smith 1 month ago

    I was linked to the site by my friend, and I loved the song. Why do I always like the weird songs?

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  • alFredFreytag

    alFredFreytag 2 months ago

    mainlynorfolk dot info/cyril.tawney/songs/chicke­nonaraft.html

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  • Michael Rafferty

    Michael Rafferty 2 months ago

    Harmonies are superb but can u imagine a ships crew working at this speed? Try Michael Raffert's rendition at a school in spain. Perez school Oviedo. The kids really get into it!

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  • ORLY911

    ORLY911 2 months ago

    Alestorm should cover this.

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  • TheGamingHQFTW

    TheGamingHQFTW 2 months ago

    My girlfriend showed me this FUCK

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