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BUCKETMOUTH McGUINTY

Bucketmouth McGuinty was quite a drinking man
He was skipper of the schooner they call the Peter Pan
Whenever he got loaded, the crew would hear him call:
"Save the kids and women first, then save the alcohol!"

Each time they left the harbor, he would call the crew aside;
Give each man his orders... his chest would swell with pride.
And then as he'd dismiss them he'd tell them one and all:
"Save the kids and women first, then save the alcohol!"

One day the ship was rolling upon the stormy sea;
The waves were getting higher and the wind was making free!
McGuinty told his crewmen they were in for quite a squall--
"So save the kids and women first, then save the alcohol!"

"I'm going to my cabin and pour myself a drink!
I don't give an awful damn if this tub should sink!
But if this thing should happen....," he added with his drawl,
"Save the kids and women first, then save the alcohol!"

They rushed into his cabin in time to see him go;
As they gathered 'round him, he spoke with words so low.
"Just bury me at sea, boys! I hear the angels call...
Save the kids and women first, then save the alcohol!"

Oh whiskey got old Mac at last, it finally caused his death;
Forty years before the mast without a sober breath!
He tripped upon a bottle and perished from the fall--
They couldn't save McGuinty but they saved the alcohol!

McGuinty's in the ocean now with lots of sea above;
The mermaids follow him around, their hearts so full of love.
No matter how they smile at him, he can't hear them at all;
He just keeps yelling "Wring me out and save the alcohol!"


Learned from Gene Patten U-Conn 1951

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