Had enough now of this ice and big waves
Jimmy just turn her around
Of icy cold nights and of cold icy days
Jimmy just turn her around
We'll soon roll the miles away down the North Sea
Jimmy just turn her around
There's nothing more here for you or here for me
Jimmy just turn her around
My hands they are bleeding, my arms are red raw
Jimmy just turn her around
And it's been forty weeks since we came aboard
Jimmy just turn her around
My lips they are blistered, my eyelids burnt too
Jimmy just turn her around
There's only one thing that I want you to do
Jimmy just turn her around
My head is done here with this cruel northern life
Jimmy just turn her around
My head it is safe in my own place in Fife
Jimmy just turn her around
If there's anyone up there to hear what I say
Jimmy just turn her around
We'll be bringing her south past the mouth of the Tay
Jimmy just turn her around
For I need my own fire and my own family dear
Jimmy just turn her around
And a crack with the lads and a pint of good beer
Jimmy just turn her around
I'll sit on my old bench that's down by the quay
Jimmy just turn her around
Watch other poor bastards set out for the sea
Jimmy just turn her around
Give me one more week of the suckpipe ashore
Jimmy just turn her around
In just seven days or you'll spoil me with more
Jimmy just turn her around
And then when you cry that it's near sailing time
Jimmy just turn her around
Well the first step you'll hear on the deck will be mine
Jimmy we'll turn her around