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Lyr Add: Christmas Pudding at Sea
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Christmas Pudding at Sea From: GUEST,# Date: 21 Dec 20 - 07:34 PM ODE BY A CHRISTMAS PUDDING AT SEA lat. 49° 5' n.; long. 9° 17' w. To all you Puddings now on shore I write, to give a notion Of what mishaps there are in store For Puddings born on Ocean : It blew a gale from sou’-sou’-west, But the skipper’s wife she did her best, As she kneaded the dough on her own sea-chest, With a fal lal lal lal la. The vessel gave a lurch, a wave Right down the hatchway came ; The skipper’s wife stood stout and brave, I wish I’d done the same ; For I rolled in a fright along the floor, And the skipper, coming in at the door, Gave me a kick, which my jacket tore, With a fal lal lal lal la. His good wife gather’d up the bits, And put my limbs together ; Says she, “I must have lost my wits To cook in such foul weather ; But sailor-boys they love good cheer, And Christmas comes but once a year, So I won’t be beat, I’ll persevere.” With a fal lal lal lal la. The galley fire burnt bright and clear As she put me into the pot ; Thinks I, “It suits me being here, I feel so jolly and hot.” But a great green sea burst over the deck, And I fancied myself a perfect wreck, In cold salt water up to my neck, With a fal lal lal lal la. Cries cook, “The Pudding’s surely spoiled.” “No, no ! ” says the skipper’s wife, “That Christmas Pudding shall be boiled, If I sacrifice my life.” With her own fair hands she lit the fire, And though the waves rose higher and higher, At last she accomplished her desire, With a fal lal lal lal la. And here they are, these Sailor boys, All full of mirth and glee ; They sit in a ring, with lots of noise, And they’re going to eat poor Me ! When smack ! there comes a roaring squall, A lurch- and into the scuppers fall Sailor boys, Christmas Pudding, and all, With a fal lal lal lal la. SALINA |
Subject: Lyr Add: Christmas Pudding at Sea From: Joe Offer Date: 21 Dec 20 - 03:51 PM Jim Lucas sang this at the singaround today. I'll post lyrics later. http://www.marquis-kyle.com.au/mt/002079.php |
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