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A new ship lies anchored in the bay
While the captain and mate did dine
And hearty was the grog that filled their mugs
But one thing disturbed their minds
At the marinersâ inn while they both sat in
and they thought it quite unkind
For amid their cheers they would often hear
A walloping window blind
Chorus:
So blow you winds high ho
A roving I will go
Iâll stay no more on Englandâs shore
So let the music play
Iâm off on the morning train
Iâll cross the raging main
For Iâm off to my love with the boxing gloves
Ten thousand miles away
Said the captain to the mate it must be fate
For our ship is un-named you know
And the walloping blind disturbs my mind
When the raging winds doth blow
To hell with fate said the sturdy mate
Such trifles we will not mind
O'er the waves weâll skip and weâll name our ship
The Walloping Window Blind
Now a capitol ship for an ocean trip
Is the Walloping Window Blind
No gale that blew disturbed her crew
Or troubled the captainâs mind
The man at the wheel was said to feel
Contempt for the wind that blow.
For it often appeared when the gale had cleared
That he'd been in his bunk below.
The bosun and the mate were very sedate,
Yet fond of amusement too;
So they played hopscotch with the starboard watch
While the captain tickled the crew.
And the gunner we had was apparently mad
For he'd sit on the after-rail,
And fire salutes with the captain's boots
In the teeth of a blowing gale.