X:1
T:THE CAPTAIN TOLD THE MATE
C:W. H. Wallis 1901
N:Historic American Sheet Music.
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M:2/4
L:1/16
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w:Our Cap-tain knows a lot of yarnsI think they must be trueand to the mate he spins his yarnsWhen on the o-cean blueHe told him once there was a manA build-er he, by tradewho built a chim-ney twelve miles highanbd all the bricks he madeAn-oth-er man saidI think I could builda chim-ney much higher_ than that_and I'll make the mortar_ as well as the brickAs sure as my name is Pat!_He built one up so high_It went be-yond the sky_But they made him take a few bricks offTo let the moon go by!The cap-tain told the mate_the mate told the crew_The crew told meso I know it must be true_You hear some fun-ny tales_while sail-ing on a tripThat's a lit-tle yarn I heard a-board a ship.The cap-tain told the mate_the mate told the crew_The crew told meso I know it must be true_You hear some fun-ny tales_while sail-ing on a tripThat's a lit-tle yarn I heard a-board a ship.