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16 Aug 02 - 12:05 PM (#766476) Subject: Lyr/Tune Add: THE CAPTAIN WITH A BIG GLASS EYE From: MMario THE CAPTAIN WITH A BIG GLASS EYE Levy Box 140 item 071 sheet music Title: The Captain With a Big Glass Eye. A Song of the Sea. Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: By D.L. White. Publication: Boston: White-Smith Music Pub. Co., 1893. Form of Composition: strophic with chorus Instrumentation: piano and voice First Line: Many years ago on a trim built craft a sailor sail'd to sea First Line of Chorus: The Captain's name was O'Reilly, with a big glass eye Engraver, Lithographer, Artist: E.R. Howe THE CAPTAIN WITH A BIG GLASS EYE (D.L. White - 1893) Many years a-go on_a trim built craft a sail-or sail'd to sea, His nose was red, his hat too large to fit Miss Nan-cy Lee. the wind blew high and he_felt dry, for the skipper has stole the grog And_he lost his por-ous plas-ter as_the ship got lost in a fog. Chorus:The Cap-tain's name was O-Rei-ley, with a big glass eye and the wind blew thro' his whis-kers as the clouds roll'd by. Hil-ly, hol-ly ho was the first mate's cry, as the good ship Mary Jane left A-mer-i-ca The mate he stuck his whis-kers on with half a pint of glue, And_the cook he boil'd the stew-ard's hat to make an I-rish stew. The boat-swain piped all hands on deck to smoke a t. d. pipe And_the cap-tain choked the cabin boy With a piece of cold raw tripe. chorus: The crew were_a lot of hun-gry dogs, they swal-low'd all they could, The Cap-tain was fat, so ver-ry fat, that fry him the stew-ard would. Just as the storm a-bat-ed they went be-low the deck and tum-bled ov-er a sea-dog there and be-came a to-tal wreck. chorus: Now Nan-cy is a dai-sy and you'll hear the sail-ors tell How_she'll dance "ta-ra-ra boom-de-ay and cut a par-ty swell. When the cap-tain winks his eye at her and heaves a ten-der smile The boys just wink the oth-er eye they are on to it all the while chorus: Now I've done my best to please you all with a song a-bout the sea and_I've on-ly one thing more to say, O'-rei-ley's home to stay His an-chor's dropp'd his sails are furl'd in port he'll al-ways be For_he has to rock the cra-dle now for his sweet Nanc-cy Lee. chorus: X:1 T:THE CAPTAIN WITH A BIG GLASS EYE C:D. L. White - 1893 N:Levy Box 140 item 071 I:abc2nwc M:2/2 L:1/8 K:A z6E- E|A2c- c G2B- B|A2E2C2E- E|G2G2G2G2|G4z2G- G| G- G B2F2A2|G2B2F2A2|F2E- E A2B2|c4z2E- E|A2c2G2B2| (A2E2)C2E E|(G G) G2G2G2|G4z2E- E|G2B2F- F A2|G2G2-G2E- E| E- E ^E2F2(G G)|A4z2 "^Chorus:"E2|A2c2G2B B|A2E2C2E2|G4G4|G4z2G G|G2B2F2A2| G2B2F2A2|F4E4|c6z2|A2c2G2B2|(A2E2)C2E2|G4G4|G6E E| E2^E2F2G2|c4B3B|B6A2|A4z4 |