Title: Bounty Was a Packet Ship

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Bounty Was a Packet Ship 
Bounty Was a Packet Ship 
Bounty was a packet ship Pump ship, packet ship Sailing on a cruisin' trip
 In the South Pacific 
Billy Blight, that silly man... Was the master in command... 
He was growling day and night Whether he was wrong or right 
On the Bounty were the rules Not for soft and silly fools 
An' the answer to complaints Handcuffs an' the iron chains 
Spittin' on the quarterdeck Punishment - a broken neck 
There were troubles every day Many sailors ran away 
An' at last that Billy Blight With his crew began to fight 
Brawlin', kicking everywhere Iron pins flew thro' the air 
Mates and sailors in the night Overpowered Billy Blight 
They put Billy Blight afloat With his madness in a boat 
Bounty then went out of sight Left alone was Billy Blight 
Billy Blight he reached the coast But the Bounty she was lost 
Many gales have crossed the sea Since the Bounty went away 
Never was there heard a word From the crew that stayed on board. 
English pumping shanty printed in Hugill, Songs of the Sea Collected from Captain Jenkins Mutiny in 1789, survivors found on Pitcairn Island in 1809 Therefore, song from between 1789 and 1809 [Jenkins] SOF
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