On The Good Ship Yacki Hicki Doo La 1917

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 15 August 2012
2012

I'm a bold bad villain
I roam the angry sea,
My life is one
of crime and piracy.
If a sweet young damsel
should chance to catch my eye,
I tell to her the story
that the spider told the fly.

Then I snap my finger, ha, ha, ha, ha!
And I snap the other one, ho, ho, ho, ho!
I don't care should the parent pine
Once aboard the lugger
and the girl is mine.
Then I set my sails and sail'd away.
No pirate e'er was cooler,
for wheree'er I go,
I fear no foe
On the good ship
Yacki Hicki Doo La.

One girl's father
came all the way from Penge,
On board my craft
he vowed to have revenge,
So I drew my cutlass,
and there beneath the moon,
I stabbed him in the foc'stle
and I punctured his jibboom.

Then I snap my finger, ha, ha, ha, ha!
And I snap the other one, ho, ho, ho, ho!
I don't care should the parent pine,
Once aboard the lugger
and the girl is mine.
Then I set my sails and sail'd away.
No pirate e'er was cooler,
for wheree'er I go,
I fear no foe
On the good ship
Yacki Hicki Doo La.

A Uboat pirate
surprised me once at sea,
And tried to work
a little strafe on me.
When the submarine skipper
said: "Now's the fatal hour!"
I ran my blooming rudder
through his blinking conning tow'r.

Then I snap my finger, ha, ha, ha, ha!
And I snap the other one, ho, ho, ho, ho!
Overboard the commander fell,
shouted: "Mercy Kamerad!"
then nose dived down to
Then I set my sails and sail'd away.
No pirate e'er was cooler,
for wheree'er I go,
I fear no foe
On the good ship
Yacki Hicki Doo La.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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On The Good Ship Yacki Hicki Doo La 1917
sung by Billy Merson
by Billy Merson
© 1917 by Francis Day & Hunter Ltd.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 15 August 2012 at 21.33
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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