Is this the Version you know....
I have it down as "The Nancy lee"
(Clinton Ford did a great version......

I`ll tell of the tale of the Nancy lee,
The ship that got shipwrecked at sea.
And the bravest man was Captain Brown,
And he played his ukulele as the ship went down.
All the crew were in despair, some rushed here and others rushed there,
But the captain sat in the Captains chair.
And he played his ukulele as the ship went down.

The pets on board were all scared stiff,
The cat meowed and the monkey sniffed.
The old green parrot hung upside down
Saying Pretty Pretty Polly as the ship went down.
The crows' nest fell and killed the crow.
The starboard watch was two hours slow,
But the Captain sang Yo-do-dodi-o-doh,
As he played his ukulele as the ship went down.

The Captains wife was on the ship,
And he was glad, she'd made the trip.
As she could swim she might not drown,
So he tied her to the anchor as the ship went down.
They all cried women and children first.
The engineer came up and cursed.
Then all of a sudden the boiler burst.
Still he played his ukulele as the ship went down.

And that was the tale of the Nancy Lee,
The ship that got shipwrecked at sea.
And the bravest man was Captain Brown,
And he played his ukulele as the ship went down.