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Thread #61861   Message #2778746
Posted By: Kenny B (inactive)
02-Dec-09 - 02:09 PM
Thread Name: Chord Req: The Wreck of the Nancy Lee (A. LeClerq)
Subject: Lyr Add: HE PLAYED HIS UKULELE AS THE SHIP WENT...
Try this its my busking version

HE PLAYED HIS UKULELE AS THE SHIP WENT DOWN
Arthur Le Clerq

[D] Yo-ho my lads yo-ho,
I'll [A] tell you the tale of a [D] sailor,
Who [A] sailed the bay of Biscay,
As the captain of a whaler,
[A] Of this gallant deed, you all should know,
Yo-ho my lads yo-ho,

* I'll [D] tell you the tale of the [G]Nancy Lee,
* The [A] ship that got ship- [D] -wrecked at sea,
* The bravest man was [G] Captain Brown,
* And he [A] played his ukulele as the [D] ship went down,

** [Bm] All the crew were in despair,
** some rushed here and others rushed [A] there,
** But the [D] captain sat in the [G] captain's chair,
** And he [A]played his ukulele as the [D] ship went down,

Yo ho my lads yo ho

He [D] shouted man the rafts,
with [A] chains and ropes you can bind 'em,
The bosun searched both fore and aft,
but was dashed if he could [D] find 'em,
[A] At the mercy of the raging sea,
[A7] was the good ship Nancy Lee,

* So, the bosun said to stoker Jim,
* You'll have to teach me how to swim,
* The stoker answered with a frown,
* "We can learn together as the ship goes down"

** The Captain said to Fireman Mose,
** Get straight into your fireman's clothes,
** While you stand and play your hose,
** I'll play my ukulele a the ship goes down,

* The captain's wife was on the ship,
* And he was glad she'd made the trip
* As she could swim she might not drown,
* So they tied her to the anchor as the ship went down

** The cooks gone mad and the bosun's lame,
        ** The rudder has gone and the deck's aflame,
        ** My "G" string's flat, but all the same,
        ** I shall play my ukelele as the ship goes down,

* And that is the tale of the Nancy Lee,
* The ship that got shipwrecked at sea,
* And Captain Brown who was in command,
Now plays his ukulele in a mermaid band