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Thread #32492   Message #427730
Posted By: GUEST,Ulm G
28-Mar-01 - 02:02 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Champion of the Seas
Subject: Lyr Add: CHAMPION OF THE SEAS
Here it is:

CHAMPION OF THE SEAS

As I was rolling down Park Lane Wearing of my shoes
I stepped into the shipping office to hear what was the news
The shipping master said to me "get on your bloomin' knees"
Lets have none of you loungers touch us in the Champion of the Seas
In the Champion of the Seas, in the Champion of the Seas
Lets have none of you loungers touch us in the Champion of the Seas

We were Melbourne bound in '54 December gales did blow
The sheets were hard as iron from the driving hail and snow
And then bold Captain Newlands cried this is just a breeze
We'll prove the name Black Ball Line in the Champion of the Seas
In the Champion of the Seas, in the Champion of the Seas
We'll prove the name Black Ball Line in the Champion of the Seas

Some times upon that trip boys, I thought I'd loose my mind
I started thinking sadly of the ones I'd left behind
But thoughts of Maggie May boys, or anyone you please
I'd trade them all with pleasure for the Champion of the Seas
Oh the Champion of the Seas, oh the Champion of the Seas
I'd trade them all with pleasure for the Champion of the Seas

Now the voyage it is over, to Liverpool we've come
I know a house in Brunswick Road with Brandy Gin and Rum
Going to walk the streets of Liverpool until me feet do freeze
Aye before we sail again aboard the Champion of the Seas
In the Champion of the Seas, in the Champion of the Seas
Aye before we sail again aboard the Champion of the Seas

HTML line breaks added. --JoeClone, 2-Jun-02.