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Posted By: Joe Offer
23-Sep-01 - 07:29 PM
Thread Name: ADD: On the Good Ship Yacki-Hicki-Doo-La
Subject: Lyr Add: ON THE GOOD SHIP YACKI-HICKI-DOO-LA^^
Found it. -Joe Offer-
ON THE GOOD SHIP YACKI-HICKI-DOO-LA (Billy Merson)
I'm a bold bad villain, I roam the angry sea My life is one of crime and piracy If a sweet young damsel should chance to catch my eye, I tell to her the story that the spider told the fly
CHORUS Then I snap my finger, ha, ha, ha, ha! And I snap the other one, ho, ho, ho, ho! I don't care should the parent pine Once aboard the lugger and the girl is mine. Then I set my sails and sail away No pirate e'er was cooler, For wherever I go, I fear no foe, On the good ship Yacki-Hicki-Doo La.
One girl's father came all the way from Penge On board my craft he vowed he'd have revenge, So I drew my cutlass, and ther beneath the moon, I stabbed him in the fo-c'stle and I punctured his jibboom.
CHORUS Then I snap my finger....
A U-boat pirate surprised me once at sea, And tried to work a little strafe on me. When the submarine skipper said, "Now's the fatal hour!" I ran my blooming rudder through his blinking conning tower.
CHORUS 2 Then I snapped my finger, ha, ha, ha, ha! And I snapped the other one, ho, ho, ho, ho! Overboad the commander fell, Shouted, "Mercy, Kamerad!" then nose-dived down to hell. Then I set my sails and sailed away No pirate e'er was cooler, For wherever I go, I fear no foe, On the good ship Yacki-Hicki-Doo La.
Words and music by Billy Merson, 1917 Source: Music Hall Songbook (Peter Gammond)