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Ballad Of The Townsend Cromwell

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BALLAD OF THE TOWNSEND CROMWELL

(Robert A. Wilders)

A ship is sailin’ on the water.
It’s as white as white can be.
From Seattle to Honolulu
It sails most any sea.

And the captain is a Navy man.
His officers they are too.
The rest are all civil servants.
And there you have the crew.

(CHORUS)
And Daddy’s sailin’ on his ship.
To where the Lord only can tell.
When he gets back we’ll come on board.
The good ship Townsend Cromwell.

She docks down at the basin.
And the men tie up the lines.
The custom men inspect the cargo.
Don’t want to have to pay no fines.

And the crazy Filipino
Is stoned on grass again.
Looks like they’ll have to fire him.
It’s a shame and it’s a sin.

(repeat chorus)

They’ll put into Tahiti
With all it’s Tahitian girls.
They’ll arm wrestle the Tahitian boxers.
No one puts on any frills.

On to Kwajellan and Guam
On to Pitcarin too.
They won’t be back for five long months.
Before their trip is through.

(repeat chorus)

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from Bob Wilders, released January 1, 2002

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