The Swearing Skipper 1900 de Koven 'Foxy Quiller'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 05 Apr 2006
2006

There once was a skipper of a taut Dutch ship,
and his name was Vander Decken
YoHo! That name you know.
He sailed and he sailed a roving trip,
down to Cape Good Hope, I reckon;
To Cape Good Hope YoHo!
One night he tried to sail,
in the teeth of a breeze,
but lo he could not make head.
So he made such 'orrid remarks as these,
he made such 'orrid remarks as these,
which air some of the things he said.

He said: "By the great horn spoon,
I'll double that Cape,
I swear by my Grandad's bones,
may I die on land in a drunken scrape,
may I go to Davy Jones.
I swear by Blankety, blank,
blank, blank, I swear.
And he would have said more,
I make no doubt,
but the terrible thunder drowned him out.
Ahoy, ahoy, ahoy.

Ahoy!
I swear, says he,
I'll double that Cape,
and I will turn back never.
So there he is in a dreadful scrape,
and never, no never, can he escape.
swearing away, a spectral shape,
and sailing on for ever.

Take warning my messmates
all of this wild yarn,
of this most cantank'rous gaby YoHo!
Yes he was so.
And never say anything worse than "darn"
No matter how mad you may be.
'Tis better to do so.
For "darn" and "gosh" and the likes of those,
are good enough cuss words quite.
It is better to come unto blood and bows,
than to say as he said that terrible night,
as he said on that terrible night.

He said: "By the great horn spoon,
I'll double that Cape,
I swear by my Grandad's bones,
may I die on land in a drunken scrape,
may I go to Davy Jones.
I swear by Blankety, blank,
blank, blank, I swear.
And he would have said more,
I make no doubt,
but the terrible thunder drowned him out.
Ahoy, ahoy, ahoy.

Ahoy!
I swear, says he,
I'll double that Cape,
and I will turn back never.
So there he is in a dreadful scrape,
and never, no never, can he escape.
swearing away, a spectral shape,
and sailing on for ever.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
*
The Swearing Skipper 1900 de Koven
from "Foxy Quiller"
Music by Reginald de Koven
Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
© 1900 by Edward Schuberth & Co.
*
sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 05 April 2006 at 00.03
in association with Doug Grierson
*