I left Cape Briton on the coal boat
for St. John's Newfoundland
I met a little girl named Sally
And I took her by her little white hand
She shook her little head & said no way Fred,
I won't go along with your plan
You been workin' on the coal boat boy
And you're nothin' but a dirty old man
You been workin' on the coal boat boy
And you're nothin' but a dirty old man
Spoken Well I had to think of something real fast ya know
Yeah well I'm gonna quit the dirty coal boats,
I wanna live in Newfoundland
I'll buy a suit & get married,
put a ring upon your little white hand
She nodded her head & said "Ok, Fred",
Sall went along with the plan
But I'm still workin on the Coal Boat boy
And I'm nothin' but a dirty old man
But I'm still workin on the Coal Boat boy
And I'm nothin' but a dirty old man
It was sometime later on the Coal Boat
I got a little letter from home
Sally said Freddy was a good boy,
but the little beggar wanted to roam
She said, "It's too bad he's got you for a dad
And I hope that you feel real grand.
He's gone working on the Coal Boats boy
to be just like his dirty old man"
He's gone working on the Coal Boats boy
to be just like his dirty old man"
I left Cape Briton on the coal boat
for St. John's Newfoundland
I met a little girl named Sally
And I took her by her little white hand
She shook her little head & said no way Fred,
I won't go along with your plan
You ain't gonna quits the coal boat boy
'Cause I loves ya, ya dirty old man
You ain't gonna quits the coal boat boy
'Cause I loves ya, ya dirty old man
So come all young fellars on the coal boat,
I hope you're gonna understand
If you got a pretty little girlfriend
and ya takes her by the little white hand
If she turns her back & says "No way Jack,
I won't go along with Yer plan"
Just keep workin on the coal boats boy
if ya wants to be a dirty old man
Just keep workin on the coal boat boy
And you'll be nothin' but a dirty old man