Got a Whale of a Tale
(from JULES VERNE'S 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA)

Got a whale of a tale to tell you lads,
A whale of a tale or two,
'bout the flappin fish and the girls I've loved,
On nights like this with a moon above,
A whale of a tale and its all true,
I swear by my tattoo.

There was Mermaid Mini,
Met her down in Madagascar,
She would kiss me,
Anytime that I would ask her,
Then one evening her flame of love blew out,
Well knock me down and pick me up,
She swapped me for a trout!

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There was Typhoon Tessie,
Met her on the coast of Java,
When we kissed I bubbled up like molten lava,
Then she gave me the scare of my young life,
Well knock me down and pick me up,
She was the captain's wife!

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There was harpoon Hannah,
Had a face that made you shudder,
Lips like fish hooks,
And a nose just like a rudder,
If I kissed her and held her tenderly,
There's no sea monster big enough to ever frighten me!

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