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Act II.

Song by Bosun and Sailors.

(Air: "A Policeman's Life is Not a Happy One..—("Pirates of Penzance")

Bosun:

When the gallant ship is ploughing through the ocean—

All:

Through the ocean,

Bosun:

When the wooden walls are rolling on the sea—

All:

On the sea,

Bosun:

We may sometimes feel a slight inside commotion—

All:

'Side commotion,

Bosun:

But we leave our little troubles on the lee—

All:

On the lee!

Bosun:

And when she's lying proudly in the harbour—

All:

In the harbour,

Bosun:

Can you wonder, with our uniform complete—

All:

'Form complete,

Bosun:

And assistance from the draper and the barber—

All:

And the barber,

Bosun:

That we catch the eye of every girl we meet—

All:

Girl we meet?

All:

When there's unofficial duty to be done—

To be done

Then a sailor's life is quite a happy one.

Bosun:

But when howitzers and things begin to thunder—

All:

'Gin to thunder.

Bosun:

And the chances are we'll climb the Golden Stairs—

All:

Golden Stairs,

Bosun:

In the circumstances is it any wonder—

All:

Any wonder,

Bosun:

That we think of all our sins and say our prayers—

All:

Say our prayers?

Bosun:

But when the dreadful cannonade is over—

All:

'Ade is over,

Bosun:

And we've washed the scuppers clean of human gore—

All:

Human gore,

Bosun:

The delightful sense of wallowing in clover—

All:

'Ing in clover

Bosun:

Sets us cursing twice as loudly as before—

All:

'As before!

All:

When in peril, there is penance to be done—

To be done;

For a sailor's life's a very naughty one—

Naughty one!