Traditional - Lyrics from Songs of American Sailormen, by Joanna Colcord
Oh, pity poor Reuben Ranzo,
Ranzo, boys, Ranzo!
Oh, poor old Reuben Ranzo,
Ranzo, boys, Ranzo!
Oh, Ranzo was no sailor,
So he shipped aboard a whaler.
Oh, Ranzo was no beauty,
He couldn't do his duty.
So they took him to the gangway,
And gave him five-and-thirty.
And that was the end of Ranzo,
Oh, poor old Reuben Ranzo.