Misc Traditional – The Chivalrous Shark (Guitar)

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The most chivalrous fish of the ocean

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To ladies forebearing and mild

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Though his record be dark

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Is the man-eating shark

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Who will eat neither woman nor child.

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He dines upon seamen and skippers,

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And tourists his hunger assuage,

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And a fresh cabin boy

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Will inspire him with joy

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If he's past the maturity age.

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A doctor, a lawyer, a preacher,

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He'll gobble one any fine day

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But the ladies, God bless 'em,

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He'll only address 'em

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Politely and go on his way.

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I can readily cite you an instance

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Where a lovely young lady of Breem,

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Who was tender and sweet

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And delicious to eat,

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Fell into the bay with a scream.

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She struggled and flounced in the water

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And signaled in vain for her bark,

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And she'd surely been drowned

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If she hadn't been found

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By a chivalrous man-eating shark.

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He bowed in a manner most polished,

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Thus soothing her impulses wild;

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Don't be frightened," he said,

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"I've been properly bred

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And will eat neither woman nor child."

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Then he proffered his fin and she took it—

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Such a gallantry none can dispute—

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While the passengers cheered as the

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Vessel they neared

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And a broadside was fired in salute.

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And they stood alongside the vessel,

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When a life-saving dinghy was lowered

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With the pick of the crew,

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And her relatives, too

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And the mate and the skipper aboard.

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So they took her aboard in a jiffy,

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And the shark stood at attention the while,

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Then he raised on his flipper

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And ate up the skipper

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And went on his way with a smile.

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And this shows that the prince of the ocean,

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To ladies forebearing and mild,

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Though his record be dark,

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He's the man-eating shark

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Who will eat neither woman nor child.