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HOME, BOYS, HOME Lyrics - OSCAR BRAND | eLyrics.net

[adsforwp id="219"] [Verse 1] Man born of woman was a sailor for to be Born to degradation in every degree Of guard mount and gun drill he never has his ease He has so many masters that he don't know whom to please [Chorus] Home, boys, home, that's where I want to be Home, boys, home, way back in God's country The ash and the oak and the weeping willow tree We're strong for the navy, but it's home we ought to be [Verse 2] You go up to the Captain if you want to get away You ask him for a leave for months, at a higher rate of pay You write out your request for him, he'll sign it if he can You can stay away and never come back, he doesn't give a damn [Chorus] Home, boys, home, that's where I want to be Home, boys, home, way back in God's country The ash and the oak and the weeping willow tree We're strong for the navy, but it's home we ought to be [Verse 3] You go and see the Paymaster if you want to draw some pay He'll work it ou...

THE CAPTAIN Lyrics - OSCAR BRAND | eLyrics.net

[adsforwp id="219"] [Verse 1] The Captain stormed into the wardroom And he threatened to lower the boom: I don't mind the guests in the movies But who laid that broad in my room? [Verse 2] The officers eat in the wardroom The Captain won't eat with the mob Oh, it's not that he eats any better He don't want us to know he's a slob [Verse 3] Oh, here's to the ladies of Newport And here's to the docks that they roam And here's to their dirty faced children God bless'em, they may be our own [Verse 4] And here's to the maidens of Brooklyn Who stand at the navy yard rail Now, they may not be Hollywood starlets But they gave us our first piece of tail [Verse 5] Oh, honor the men of the Leyte For bravery outside the line Creating historical precedent They buggered a small porcupine [Verse 6] And here's to the gallant Missouri Whose complement loves to have fun They bugger the stacks and the portholes And even a sixteen-inch gun [Verse 7] Oh,...