From London to Frisco A'roving I went

To go a'prospecting it was my intent

With drinking and fighting I acted a fool

And soon I was sailing back to Liverpool

Singing row row row bullies row

Them golden gate angels have got us in tow

Singing row row row bullies row

It's a long way from London to the bay of Frisco

The mates on the packet are big windy fools

Their mammies were tigers and their daddies were mules

With blood in their whiskers and a gun on each hip

They eat a poor sailor for breakfast each trip

Singing row row row bullies row

Them golden gate angels have got us in tow

Singing row row row bullies row

It's a long way from London to the bay of Frisco

One night off Cape Horn I will never forget

It gives me the shivers to think of it yet

A storm drove us into a valley of whales

They rolled the ship over and tore down the sails

Singing row row row bullies row

Them golden gate angels have got us in tow

Singing row row row bullies row

It's a long way from London to the bay of Frisco

It's hell when you're laying out there in the bay

A waiting for a wind that will take you away

The sailors get mad and they cuss and they roar

They drink all the whiskey and holler for more

Singing row row row bullies row

Them golden gate angels have got us in tow

Singing row row row bullies row

It's a long way from London to the bay of Frisco

I been around the Horn I guess two dozen times

A gumming my taters and a sucking my lime

Well a here's to our captain the best on the sea

His sweetheart in Frisco is waiting for me

Singing row row row bullies row

Them golden gate angels have got us in tow

Singing row row row bullies row

It's a long way from London to the bay of Frisco

It's a long way from London to the bay of Frisco

It's a long way from London to the bay of Frisco