[Verse 1]
Well I wish I was in Mobile Bay
Screwing cotton all the day
But I'm stowing sugar in the hold below
Below, below, below

[Chorus]
Hey ho, below below
Stowing sugar in the hold below
Hey ho, below below
Stowing sugar in the hold below

[Verse 2]
Well the J.M. White, she's a brand new boat
Stern to stern she's mighty fine
Can beat any boat on the New Orleans line
Stowing sugar in the hold below

[Chorus]
Hey ho, below below
Stowing sugar in the hold below
Hey ho, below below
Stowing sugar in the hold below

[Verse 3]
Well the engineer shouts through his trumpet
"Tell the men we've got bad news
Can get no steam for the fire in the flue"
Stowing sugar in the hold below
[Chorus]
Hey ho, below below
Stowing sugar in the hold below
Hey ho, below below
Stowing sugar in the hold below

[Verse 4]
Well the captain's on the quarter deck
Scratching 'way at his old neck
He shouts out "heave the larboard lead"
Stowing sugar in the hold below

[Chorus]
Hey ho, below below
Stowing sugar in the hold below
Hey ho, below below
Stowing sugar in the hold below

[Chorus]
Hey ho, below below
Stowing sugar in the hold below
Hey ho, below below
Stowing sugar in the hold below