The Walloping Window Blind

A capital ship for an ocean trip Was “The Walloping Window Blind;” No wind that blew dismayed her crew Or troubled the captain’s mind. The man at the wheel was made to feel Contempt for the wildest blow, Though it oft appeared, when the gale had cleared, He’d been in his bunk below.

So, blow yee winds hi-ho, A-roving I will go! I'll stay no more on England's shore, So let the music play! I'm off for the morning train, I'll cross the raging main! I'm off for my love with the boxing glove Ten thousand miles away!



The bosun’s mate was very sedate, Yet fond of amusement, too; He played hopscotch with the starboard watch While the captain tickled the crew. The gunner we had was apparently mad, For he sat on the after-rail, And fired salutes with the captain’s boots, In the teeth of the booming gale.

So, blow yee winds hi-ho, A-roving I will go! I'll stay no more on England's shore, So let the music play! I'm off for the morning train, I'll cross the raging main! I'm off for my love with the boxing glove Ten thousand miles away!

The captain sat on the commodore’s hat, And dined at the Royal Way, Off pickles and figs and little roast pigs And gunnery bread, each day. The cook was Dutch, and behaved as such; For the diet he served the crew Was a couple of tons of hot-cross buns, Served up with sugar and glue.

Then we all fell ill as mariners will, On a diet that’s rough and crude; And we shivered and shook as we dipped the cook In a tub of his gluesome food. All nautical pride we cast aside, And we ran the vessel ashore On the Gulliby Isles, where the Poohpooh smiles, And the rubbily udbugs roar.

So, blow yee winds hi-ho, A-roving I will go! I'll stay no more on England's shore, So let the music play! I'm off for the morning train, I'll cross the raging main! I'm off for my love with the boxing glove Ten thousand miles away!

So, blow yee winds hi-ho, A-roving I will go! I'll stay no more on England's shore, So let the music play! I'm off for the morning train, I'll cross the raging main! I'm off for my love with the boxing glove Ten thousand miles away!