The Cutty Sark
Justin C Ward
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The Cutty Sark was the fastest ship That ever sailed the China seas At first she was a ship to be proud of But the captain was a hard man to please The captain was a hard man to please All the trouble started with John Francis The first mate had to teach him who was boss They went square go till the captain stepped in And the first mate was the wrong man to cross The first mate was the wrong man to cross The next time John Francis gave him trouble The first mate took a spar to his black head We carried John Francis down below It was three days before that boy was dead It was three days before that boy was dead That first mate he kept to his cabin Till the port of Anjer we could see John Francis wasn't worth a murder trial So the captain let that first mate go free So the captain let that first mate go free Four days out of Anjer we were becalmed The captain never slept in a week He stood and he stared at the horizon And to a living soul he would not speak And to a living soul he would not speak At eight bells on the seventh day our captain Jumped down off the rail without a sound If the sharks didn't get him he's still swimming, boys There wasn't enough left of him to drown There wasn't enough left of him to drown The first mate went to trial five years later He told them John Francis was to blame They give him seven years' hard labour And the Cutty Sark it all but died of shame And the Cutty Sark it all but died of shame The port-of-Anjer sank into the sea On the night that Krakatoa blew So nobody remembers John Francis any more But every single word is true
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Written by: JUSTIN CHARLES WARD
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