Meeting Mounseer

By Galf

If’n we should come upon mounseer,An’ should the time o’ day be right, We’d see ‘im orf wiv jus’ a sneer, Cos ‘e ain’t keen t’ stand an’ fight.

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With a cheer f’r the King an’ a cheer f’r the Cap’n An’ a cheer f’r their foes, where ever they may happen, ‘Ooray f’r the barky an’ an’ ‘ooray f’r the crew, An’ ‘ooray f’r the grog that gets us through.

O’ course, our ol’ man ‘e’s a kindly soul An’ mayn’t choose t’ soil ‘is guns, ‘E likes it tiddley, on the ‘ole An’ usin’ powder wastes ‘is funds.

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With a cheer f’r the King, etc.

So, Johnny Crapeaus sometimes find That they escapes our eager clutches, Somethin’ I’m sure they never minds, Tho’ when they fights they ain’t no slouches.

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With a cheer f’r the King, etc.

But, think ye not that our Cap’n’s shy, Was ye to fight ‘im, ye’d catch a tartar, ‘E reckons it’s bad to jus’ stand by, T’ go f’r a win is an ‘ole lot smarter.

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With a cheer f’r the King, etc.

An’ when we’ve won an’ squared away We then ‘as time t’ enjoy our leisure, A tot an’ a song at the end o’ the day, Make life in the Andrew a lifelong pleasure.

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With a cheer f’r the King, etc.