Key: C major•
Verse 1
G
C
for you are a fine fellow.
Yes, your honor.
How came your captain
so far
to forget himself?
I am quite sure you had given him
no cause for annoyance.
Please, your honor, it was thus wise.
You see, I'm only a topman,
a mere forester.
Don't be ashamed of that.
Your position as a topman
is a very, um, exalted one.
Well, your honor,
love burns as brightly in the foc'sle
as it does on the quarterdeck.
G
C
and Josephine is the fairest bud
that ever blossomed upon the tree
G
C
of a poor fellow's wildest hopes.
Done. What?
G
C
She is the figurehead of my ship of life,
the bright beacon that guides me into my port of happiness,
G
the rarest,
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G
the purest gem that ever sparkled on a poor but
Very pristine.
Very pristine.
Insolent sailor!
You shall repent this outrage.
Seize him.
Oh, Sir Joseph, spare him,
for I love him tenderly.
Pray don't.
to discipline his affections.
at the dungeon on board?
We have. They have.
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F
C
farewell, for time unknown
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G
C
I will, John, in the meantime farewell,
And may the world rejoice
Am
G
C
in your dungeon cell.
Em
F
Dm
E
I'll pick with this sailor fell,
C
Dm
Am
Let him be showed at once
Am
G
Eb
Hear, hear, not a word
F
G
Of the maiden he loves so well,
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G
Nor telephone communicates with his cell.
But when is known,
the secret I have to tell,
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Bb
Eb
Wine will be thrown at the door
but only nice and rare.
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G
to a dungeon,
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G
C
a dungeon cell.
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