The Captains Daughter

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When I was just a lad of twelve, I
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 joined a skipper's crew,
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To sail about the ocean wide, in 
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search of treasures new
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But failed to batten down a hatch,
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 I let in scores of water
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And that's when bo's'n introduced 
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me to the captain's daughter

[Chorus]
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Oh! The captain's daughter, she's a 
sight!
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She'll keep you up in the dead of 
night
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She'll make you weep 'till your eyes
 turn sore
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Like many other men before

[Verse 2]
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The captain was an older man, not 
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known for giving tack
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He'd bring his daughter out for 
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any ordinary Jack
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She'll make your skin shift 
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colours faster than a signal flag
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So don't be caught adrift and let 
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that cat out of the bag

[Chorus]
            C                 F
Oh! The captain's daughter, she's a 
sight!
        G                  C
She'll keep you up in the dead of 
night
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She'll make you weep 'till your eyes
 turn sore
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Like many other men before

[Verse 3]
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Well, out across the pond one day 
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we heard the crow's nest call
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And down the mast came crashing, 
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being struck by cannonball
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The captain stood there laughing, 
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bid us stand to our last breath
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But we'd rather face his daughter 
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than a terrifying death

[Chorus]
            C                 F
Oh! The captain's daughter, she's a 
sight!
        G                  C
She'll keep you up in the dead of 
night
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She'll make you weep 'till your eyes
 turn sore
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Like many other men before

[Verse 4]
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So onwards, to demise, she floats 
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while we all beat to quarters
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"Abandon ship" the first mate 
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cried and jumped into the water
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"Belay that!" cried the captain, 
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"I did not give those orders!
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Fish out that dog from in the 
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drink and fetch him to my daughter!"

[Chorus]
            C                 F
Oh! The captain's daughter, she's a 
sight!
        G                  C
She'll keep you up in the dead of 
night
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She'll make you weep 'till your eyes
 turn sore
      G          C
Like many other men before

[Verse 5]
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Though years ago I'm still 
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reminded of those awful days
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My wife reminds me of the lash in 
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oh so many ways
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But between the two of them I 
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know which brings more pain
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I'd rather bring my back to bear 
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than see my wife again!


[Chorus]
            C                 F
Oh! The captain's daughter, she's a 
sight!
        G                  C
She'll keep you up in the dead of 
night
        C                       F
She'll make you weep 'till your eyes
 turn sore
      G          C
Like many other men before