A STUDIO BAND

VOCALS BY VAUGHN MONROE (VM) AND

THE BOATSWAINMEN (BM)

(VM) A CAPITAL SHIP FOR AN OCEAN TRIP

AS THE WALLOPING WIND BLEW BLIND

THE WIND THAT BLEW DISMAYED HER CREW

MORE TROUBLED THE CAPTAIN'S MIND.

THE MAN AT THE WHEEL WAS MADE TO FEEL

CONTEMPT FOR THE WILDEST BLO-0-OW

THOUGH IT OUGHT T'HAVE 'PEARED

WHEN THE GAY LAD FEARED

THAT HE'D BEEN IN HIS BUNK BELOW.

CHROUS;

(VM&BM)SO BLOW YE WINDS, HI HO

A ROVING I WILL GO

I'LL STAY NO MORE ON ENGLAND'S SHORE

SO LET THE MUSIC PLAY-AY-AY.

I'M OFF FOR THE MORNING TRAIN

I'VE CROSSED THE RAGING MAIN

(VM) I'M OFF FOR YOU LOVE, WITH A BOXING GLOVE

(VM&BM)TEN THOUSAND MILES AWAY.


(VM) THE CAPTAIN SAT ON THE COMMODORE'S HAT

AND DINED IN A ROYAL WAY

ON PICKLES AND FIGS AND LITTLE ROAST PIGS

AND GUNNERY BREAD EACH DAY.

THE COOK WAS DUTCH, AND BEHAVED AS SUCH

FOR THE DIET HE SERVED THE CREW-EW-EW

WAS A COUPLE OF TONS OF HOT CROSS BUNS


SERVED UP WITH SUGAR AND GOO.

(VM&BM)CHORUS REPEATED AS PREVIOUSLY DONE


(VM) THEN WE ALL FELL ILL AS MARINERS WILL

ON A DIET THAT'S ROUGH AND CRUDE

AND WE SHIVERED AND SHOOK

AS WE DIPPED THE COOK

IN A TUB OF HIS GRUESOME FOOD.


ALL NAUTICAL PRIDE WE CAST ASIDE

AS WE RAN THE SHIP A SHORE-ORE-ORE

ON THE GULLIBY ISLES

WHERE THE POO POO SMILES

AND THE RUBALEE DUCKS DOTH ROAR

(BM) ON THE GULLIBY ISLES

WHERE THE POO POO SMILES

AND THE RUBALEE DUCKS DOTH ROAR.


(VM) ON RUG BUG BARK FROM DAWN TO DARK

WE DINED TILL WE ALL HAD GROWN

UNCOMMONLY SHRUNK

WITH A CHINESE JUNK

CAME UP FROM A TO -I-BLE ZONE

SHE WAS CHUBBY AND SQUARE

BUT WE DIDN'T MUCH CARE

SO WE HAPPILY PUT OUT TO SEA-EA-EA

AND WE LEFT ALL THE CREW

OF THE JUNK TO CHEW

ON THE BARK OF THE RUG BUG TREE.

(VM&BM) CHORUS REPEATED AS PREVIOULY

DONE TO FINISH THE SONG.