Here's my transcription from YouTube:


WHO HID THE HALIBUT ON THE POOP DECK
As sung by Yogi Yorgesson (Harry Stewart)

1. Oh, we sailed down from Alaska on our way to Puget's Pond.
The skipper went aloft; he said he'd take a look around.
When he came down, his face looked like it smelled an awful smell,
And then he called all hands on deck and we all heard him yell:

CHORUS: "Who hid the halibut on the poop deck?
Who hid the halibut on the poop deck?
I'll knock him for a loop,
That silly nincompoop
Who hid the halibut on the poop deck."

2. And old second mate Gid(?) Bjornson says, "Well, this has gotten what(?).
I think that I'll go up and look, just for the halibut."
But he came down and said, "Boys, this will be a smelly trip.
Unless we find that halibut, we better burn the ship."

CHORUS: Who hid the halibut on the poop deck?
Who hid the halibut on the poop deck?
My nose tells me it's there
But I've looked everywhere.
Who hid the halibut on the poop deck?

3. Then the cook said to the captain, "Sir, before I make the soup,
If you have no objection, I'll go snoop around the poop."
The cook was pale when he came down; he headed for his bunk.
He says, "I never knew a fish could outperform a skunk."

CHORUS: Who hid the halibut on the poop deck?
Who hid the halibut on the poop deck?
The whole darn crew was weak
From this game of hide-and-seek
Who hid the halibut on the poop deck?

4. Then up stepped Knut Knutson; he is tougher than a boot.
He says, "I'll find that halibut or my name ain't Knut,"
And fifteen minutes later he had found where it was stored,
And twenty seagulls fainted when he threw it overboard.

CHORUS: Who hid the halibut on the poop deck?
Who hid the halibut on the poop deck?
We never, never knew
What screwball in the crew
Who had hid the halibut on the poop deck.