Rolling Down the River

Rolling up, rolling down

We'll all get drunk in Tilbury town

Twenty four hours to turn around

And go rolling down the river

Well, I once was a rigger, and I worked like hell

Rolling up, rolling down

But now I'm with the O.C.L.

Rolling down the river

Rolling up, rolling down

We'll all get drunk in Tilbury town

Twenty four hours to turn around

And go rolling down the river

Well, the work is good and the wage is fine

Rolling up, rolling down

When you take a trip on the container line

Rolling down the river

Rolling up, rolling down

We'll all get drunk in Tilbury town

Twenty four hours to turn around

And go rolling down the river

Well, when I first saw T.E.U

Rolling up, rolling down

I wondered where they stowes the crew

Rolling down the river

Rolling up, rolling down

We'll all get drunk in Tilbury town

Twenty four hours to turn around

And go rolling down the river

Well, cargo comes in T.E.U.s

Rolling up, rolling down

A twenty foot box, boys, filled with booze

Rolling down the river

Rolling up, rolling down

We'll all get drunk in Tilbury town

Twenty four hours to turn around

And go rolling down the river

Well, there's a Tilbury girl called Kettle Jane

Rolling up, rolling down

First on the boil then off again

Rolling down the river

Rolling up, rolling down

We'll all get drunk in Tilbury town

Twenty four hours to turn around

And go rolling down the river

And she's got a friend called Teapot Anne

Rolling up, rolling down

She gets well brewed and she loves her man

Rolling down the river

Rolling up, rolling down

We'll all get drunk in Tilbury town

Twenty four hours to turn around

And go rolling down the river

Well, them Tilbury girls go around in pairs

Rolling up, rolling down

You'll never catch them unawares

Rolling down the river

Rolling up, rolling down

We'll all get drunk in Tilbury town

Twenty four hours to turn around

And go rolling down the river

So, when the work is done and the day is through

Rolling up, rolling down

You can get 'em by the dock, boys, one and two

Rolling down the river

Rolling up, rolling down

We'll all get drunk in Tilbury town

Twenty four hours to turn around

And go rolling down the river

Rolling up, rolling down

We'll all get drunk in Tilbury town

Twenty four hours to turn around

And go rolling down the river