The Handsome Cabin Boy

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Kate Bush

Catherine "Kate" Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic vocal style have made her one of the United Kingdom's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years. more »

Year:

2019

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'Tis of a pretty female 
As you may understand
Her mind being bent for rambling 
Unto some foreign land
She dressed herself in sailor's clothes
Or so it does appear
And she hired with a captain 
To serve him for a year
Her cheeks - they were like roses 
And her hair rolled in a curl
The sailors often smiled and said 
He looked just like a girl
But eating of the captain's biscuit 
Her colour did destroy
And the waist did swell of pretty Nell
The handsome cabin boy
'Twas in the bay of Biscay 
Our gallant ship did plow
One night among the sailors 
Was a fearful flurry and row.
They tumbled from their hammocks 
For their sleep it did destroy
And they sworn about the groaning 
Of the handsome cabin boy
"Oh doctor, dear, oh doctor," 
The cabin boy did cry
"My time has come, I am undone
And I will surely die." 
The doctor come a-runnin' 
And a-smilin' at the fun
To think a sailor lad should have 
A daughter or a son
The sailors when they saw the joke 
They all did stand and stare
The child belonged to none of them
They solemnly did swear
The captain's wife, she says to him
"My dear, I wish you joy
For 'tis either you or me's betrayed 
The handsome cabin boy!"

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