The Coal Boat Song
Performer(s): Stompin' Tom Connors



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 and 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"

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 and get married
Put a ring upon your little white hand
She nodded her head and said "Ok, Fred" 
Sal 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 and said "No way, Fred
I won't go along with your plan
You ain't gonna quit the coal boat, boy 
'Cause I loves ya, ya dirty old man
You ain't gonna quit 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 and 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