The Old Von Steuben Rag 1918

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 27 May 2008
2008

Come down to our home port
some Sunday afternoon,
From aft and fore,
you'll hear a roar
for the Steuben's leaving soon,
On the bridge the Captain's standing,
did you hear that siren blow,
and the lines the crew is manning
waiting for the word "Let's go!"

First she's over here,
then over there,
often in the middle,
but the boys don't care,
Oh, but she can pitch,
just see the baby roll,
like a lump of sugar in your java bowl,
Thro' a storm we plow with that Balbo bow,
Here comes a big sea now,
you'd better duck,
trust to luck,
that's the old von Steuben
That's the old von Steuben
That's the old von Steuben Rag,
sing it again now,

First she's over here,
then over there,
often in the middle,
but the boys don't care,
Oh, but she can pitch,
just see the baby roll,
like a lump of sugar in your java bowl,
Thro' a storm we plow with that Balbo bow,
Here comes a big sea now,
you'd better duck,
trust to luck,
that's the old von Steuben
That's the old von Steuben
That's the old von Steuben Rag,
Yes, Rag, von Steuben Rag!

Out on the briny ocean
the old Von Steuben rides,
From her mighty guns all subing
Huns submerge beneath the waves to hide,
On the deck the crew is standing
as the eve' brings sunset glow,
Loudly from the maintop lookout
comes the good old word "Land Ho!"

First she's over here,
then over there,
often in the middle,
but the boys don't care,
Oh, but she can pitch,
just see the baby roll,
like a lump of sugar in your java bowl,
Thro' a storm we plow with that Balbo bow,
Here comes a big sea now,
you'd better duck,
trust to luck,
that's the old von Steuben
That's the old von Steuben
That's the old von Steuben Rag,
sing it again now,

First she's over here,
then over there,
often in the middle,
but the boys don't care,
Oh, but she can pitch,
just see the baby roll,
like a lump of sugar in your java bowl,
Thro' a storm we plow with that Balbo bow,
Here comes a big sea now,
you'd better duck,
trust to luck,
that's the old von Steuben
That's the old von Steuben
That's the old von Steuben Rag,
Yes, Rag, von Steuben Rag!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano
piano
piano
piano
lyrics
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The Old Von Steuben Rag 1918
Music by Edward L.Young
Lyrics by J.W.Campbell
© MCMXVIII by Edward L.Young
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 27 May 2008 at 14.15
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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