According to the Act

        F                                            C                    F

Now if you want a merchant ship to sail the seas at large

                                Bb               C

You'll not have any trouble if you have a good discharge

  Bb                                                F

Signed by the Board of Trade with everything exact

                                                                        C              F

For there's nothing done in a limejuice ship contrary to the act

                                                                C                      F   

So haul boys your weatherman brace and ease away your lee

  Bb                                F        C

Hoist jibs and topsails lads and let the ship go free

   Bb                        F

Shout boys shout, I tell you's it's a fact

                                                                C                    F

There's nothing done on a limejuice ship according to the act.