Tonalité : Bb major•
Verse 1
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When I
was a lad I served a term
As office boy to an attorney's firm
I cleaned the windows and
I swept the floor
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And I polished up the handle
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of the big front door
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He polished up the handle
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of the big front door
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I pol ished up that handle so carefully
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That now I am the ruler
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of the Queen's Navy.
He polished up that handle so carefully
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That now he is the ruler
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of the Queen's Navy.
As office boy I made such a
mark
That they gave me the post
of a junior clerk.
I served the writs with a smile so bland
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And I copied all the letters
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in a big round hand.
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He copied all the letters
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in a big round hand.
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I copied all the letters in
a hand so free,
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That now I am the ruler
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of the Queen's Navy.
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In serving Ritz I made
such a name
That an articled clerk I soon became.
I wore clean collars and a brand
new suit
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For the pass examination at the Institute.
For the pass -examination
of the institute.
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That pass -ex amination
did so well for me,
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That now I am the ruler
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of the Queen's Navy.
That pass -examination did so well for me,
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That now he is the ruler
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of the Queen's Navy.
Of legal knowledge I acquired such a grip
That they took me into the partnership,
And that junior partnership, I wean,
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Was the only ship I ever had seen.
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Was the only ship he ever had seen.
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But that kind of ship so suited me,
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That now I am the ruler
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of the Queen's Navy.
I grew so rich that I was sent
By a pocket -burrow into Parliament.
I always voted at my party's call,
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I never thought of thinking for myself at all.
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He never thought of thinking for
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himself at all.
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I thought so little, they rewarded me
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By making me the ruler
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of the Queen's Navy.
He thought so little, they rewarded him
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By making him the ruler
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of the Queen's Navy.
Now, landsmen all, whoever you may be,
If you want to rise to the top of the tree,
If your soul isn't fettered
to an office stool,
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Be careful to be guided
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by this golden rule.
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Be careful to be guided
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by the stone and moon.
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Stick close to your desks
and never go to sea,
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And you all may be rulers
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of the Queen's Navy.
Stick close to your desks
and never go to sea,
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And you all may be rulers
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of the Queen's Navy.
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...will I hold that on the seas,
the expression, if you please,
a particularly gentlemanly
tone implants.
And so do his sisters
and his cousins
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and his aunts.
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