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Thread #39326   Message #1070349
Posted By: GUEST,Ewan McVicar
11-Dec-03 - 12:45 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: On the Good Ship Yacki-Hicki-Doo-La
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Good Ship Yackihickiedoola
I've a 78 recording of this somewhere, by Billy Merson himself I think.

In verse two, rather than
'on board my craft'
he sings
'Swarmed aboard the lugger, swore he'd have revenge'

I've always relished the notion of the motion of a one-man swarm.