The Anna Lee is burning,
her flames are lighting up the clouds
So pass the bucket Capt. Ernie,
we got to keep from going down
Oh she’s so hot hot hot
We need to cool this thing down
Thinking stop stop stop
I am not fooling around
But we’re so hot hot hot
There is no thought thought thought
We’re going to run this poor ship aground
Better tie that knot
and tight the rope
Save us from this fire
We have to bite down hard
We got to be on guard
or we’ll never be home on ti-em
The pilot left the pilot house
The boiler deck as bare as a bone
The courthouse adjourned for the summer
They should have never left us alone
They should have never left us alone
But she’s so hot hot hot
We need to cool this thing down
Thinking stop stop stop
We might be going on down
On the banks of the Mississip’
There’s a place that we could slip
And take the time to put out this fire
But you keep saying go,
and I don’t know anymore
Gonna lay down my ax by and by
Gonna lay down my ax by and by
Put a padlock on that chest
Let’s put this journey to a rest
Let the flames turn into embers
We can sit there by the shell
Of the ship that sailed us well
Fare thee well to the tender
Fare thee well to the tender
She’s so hot hot hot
We need to cool this thing down
Thinking stop stop stop
I am not fooling around
You’re so hot hot hot
We better cool this thing down
Thinking stop stop stop