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Thread #89804 Message #1696532
Posted By: Barry Finn
17-Mar-06 - 07:07 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Cook on a Bark
Subject: Lyr Add: Cook on a Bark
From the singing of George Herbert of West Geelong, Australia (RIP)
Cook On A Bark
I once was a cook on a bark, cook on a bark That was were I made my make Slinging up the hash Many sailors ate my stew they're all dead I'm telling you Old pots I washed but once a year, once a year, once a year I served water up as rum & beer & it filled them up with cheer
I made custard for the crew, for the crew, for the crew And it killed just a few, guess my custard's good Beatles sometimes starts a curse, but it only kills their thirst You should try my lobster tail, lobster tail, lobster tail Boiled with blubber off a whale, it will make you ill
When we're out of bacon fat, bacon fat, bacon fat Then I catck a juicy rat, I know what to do You salt the critter well, he will last a spell For I'm a wizard with a rat, with a rat, with a rat If I use rat's back fat, I'm a wizard with a rat
You should try my lobster sauce, lobster sauce, lobster sauce Nothing tastes as well with horse, it's a lovely course You should try my shark-fin soup, it's the stuff to make you stoop Well there's no better ship at sea, ship at sea, ship at sea None of them can cook like me, sailors all agree
Cookies, cakes as hard as rocks, hard as rocks, hard as rocks They're laying down inside of us, oh, lets leave him on the dock