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Jack Horntip	Origin: Away, Away with Rum, by Gum (111* d)	RE: Origin: Away, Away with Rum, by Gum	20 Apr 25
[ hand written manuscript image] An early draft of the song "The Armored Cruiser Squadron". From a scrapbook of Rear Adm. Chauncey Thomas, USN-USNA class of 1871. (transcript follows.) The West Virginia and M.D. Colorado and Pennsy See. Are just about the proper choice. For our Armored Cruiser Squadron. The Washington & Tennessee The Path-Finders--said to be Can't hold a chandlestick to we As an Armored Cruiser Squadron Away, Away with Fife and Drum Here we come Full of rum. Trying to put someone on the bum Prior to 1912 when Chauncey Thomas resigned. He died in 1919. From the book Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Historical sketches p.260. Handwritten manuscript reproduced. See here: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Historical sketches

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