Misc Traditional – The Chivalrous Man Eating Shark (Guitar)

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The most chivalrous fish in the ocean

D7                           G
To the ladies forbearing and mild,

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Though his record be dark, is the man-eating shark,

          D7                    G
For he’ll eat neither woman nor child.

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He dines upon seamen and skippers

D7                        G
And tourists his hunger assuage,

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And a fresh cabin boy will inspire him with joy

        D7                G
If he’s past the maturity age.

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A doctor, a lawyer, a preacher

D7                        G
He’ll gobble one any fine day,

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But the ladies, God bless ‘em he’ll only address ‘em

  D7                   G
Politely and go on his way.

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I can readily cite you an instance

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When a lovely young lady from Bream,

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Who was tender and sweet, and delicious to eat

D7                       G
Fell into the bay with a scream.

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She struggled and flounced in the water

D7                             G
And signaled, in vain, for her barque,

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And she’d surely have drowned if she hadn’t been found

       D7                    G
By the chivalrous man-eating shark.

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He bowed in a manner most polished

D7                         G
Thus soothing her impulses wild,

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“Don’t be frightened”, he said, “I’ve been properly bred,

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And I’ll eat neither woman nor child”.

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Then he offered his fin, and she took it,

D7                         G
Such gallantry none can dispute

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Oh, the passengers cheered as the vessel they neared

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And a broadside was fired in salute.

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They soon stood alongside the vessel

D7                          G
And a lifesaving dinghy was lowered

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With the pick of the crew and her relatives too

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And the mate and the skipper aboard.

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They had her aboard in a jiffy

D7                            G
The shark stood attention the while

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Then he rose on one flipper and ate up the skipper

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And went on his way with a smile.

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So this proves the prince of the ocean

D7                           G
To the ladies forbearing and mild

G                    G7          C
Though his record be dark is the man-eating shark

G                     G7        C
For he’ll eat neither woman nor child.