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Thread #36811   Message #513540
Posted By: CRANKY YANKEE
24-Jul-01 - 01:35 PM
Thread Name: REQ: Nonsense song about being a sailor?
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor?
The song you're looking for is in the DIGITRAD under,"A Captial Ship" It is the second page of the song that it was a parody of, "Ten Thousand Miles Away" Here's one case where the Parody is remembered long after the original song was. It also has the melody.

Regards, Jody Gibson

The line in the chorus that goes, I'M OFF ON THE MORNING TRAIN TO CROSS THE RAGING MAIN" just begged for a parody and it got a classic one. There're more lyrics to "A Capital Ship" in the data base than I know or even heard of.