Row bullies row.. to New York

I
When I wuz a youngster I sailed wid de rest,
On a Liverpool packet bound out to the West.
We anchored one day in de harbour of Cork,
Then we put out to sea for the port of New York.
Chorus: And it’s roll, row bullies roll (1),
Them Liverpool Judies (2) have got us in tow (3).
II
For forty-two days we wuz hungry an’ sore,
Oh, the winds wuz agin us, the gales they did roar;
Off Battery Point (4) we did anchor at last,
Wid our jib boom (5) hove in an’ the canvas all fast.
III
De boardin’-house masters (6) wuz off in a trice,
A-shoutin’ an’ promisin’ all that wuz nice;
An’ one fast ol’ crimp he got cotton’d (7)  to me,
Sez he, “Yer a fool lad (foolish), ter follow the sea.”
IV
Sez he, “There’s a job is a waitin’ fer you,
Wid lashin’s o’ liqour an’ begger-all (nothing) to do.
What d’yer say, lad, will ye jump ‘er (8), too?”
Sez I, “Ye ol’ bastard, I’m damned if I do.”
V
But de best ov intentions dey niver gits far,
After forty-two days at the door of a bar,
I tossed off me liquor an’ what d’yer think?
Why the lousy ol’ bastard ‘ad drugs in me drink.
VI
Now, the next I remembers I woke in de morn,
On a three-skys’l yarder bound south round Cape Horn;
Wid an’ ol’ suit of oilskins an’ three (two) pairs o’ sox,
An’ a bloomin’ big head an’ a dose of the pox.
VII
Now all ye young sailors take a warnin’ by me,
Keep a watch (an eye) on yer drinks when the liquor is free,
An’ pay no attintion to runner (9) or whore,
Or yer head’ll be thick an’ yer fid (10) ‘ll be sore.

NOTES
1)  in this context roll and row are taken as a synonym
2) The word judy is a dialectal expression of Liverpool to indicate a generic girl (not necessarily a prostitute)
3) the term has become in the seafaring jargon synonymous with favorable winds that drive home (a ship that runs fast).
In this regard Italo Ottonello argues: the mate stood in the gangway, rubbing his hands, and talking aloud to the ship, “Hurrah, old bucket! the Boston girls have got hold of the tow-rope!” and the like (from: Dana “Two years before the mast”)
At each change of the watch, those coming on deck asked those going below, “How does she go along?” and got, for answer, the rate, and the customary addition, “Aye! and the Boston girls have had hold of the tow-rope all the watch.”(from: Dana “Two years before the mast”)
4) New York, the island of Manhattan
5) Jibboom: it’s a bouncer, that is, an auction (boom) that protrudes from another auction.  Bowsprit or jib-boom extends the bowsprit and is in turn extended by the flying-jibboom
6) a boarding agent who, with more or less legal means, procured sailors to ships
7) “cottoned” =”attached” ,”caught on” (british slang); or says “likin ‘to me” or even “fancying”
8) crimp is offering the boy to help him in his craft and then tells him to leave the engagement on the ship from which he has landed to be part of his team of recruiters and make shangaiing
9)  derogatory term
10) a less cleaned version uses the term “yer knob’ll be sore” which means head of .. (an other head that is a little lower)