Show Tim THE FIGHTING GEFION OR THE VOYAGE TO KAISERLAND After Mr NewboltfroratheBlue I was nine bells ringing As they swaggered out o Kiel For the watch was buS singing And theyd overdone the peel I was nine bells ringing For the watch was busy sinking And tho pilots wife was clinging To the pllot at the wheel Oh to hear the pistons pounding Kaiserlund Kalseriand And the osculations sounding Kalseriand Kasoand Oh to hear the pistons pounding And the osculations sounding And Our Only Brother bounding On the boom to Kalserland It was trombones trumping In the military band And the tide was slowly slumping As he waved his mailed hand It was the trombones trumping And the tide was slowly slumping And the Kaisers heart was bumping As they shoved Him oft to land Oh theyre bound for blood and glory Kalserland Kalserland But their heads will all be hoary Kulserland Kalserland Oh theyre bound for blood and glory But their heads will all bo hoary Ere they tell the gospelstory On the shores of Kalserland I was foghorns blowing Where the forts o Spithead frown And the tide belike was flowlnsr And belike was running down It was foghorns blowing And the tide belike was flowing When Henricus started rowing On the loose for London town Therell be many another stopping Kalserland Kalserland When the enginefires are dropping Kalserland Kaisorland Therell be many another stopping When the enginefires are dropping And the good tub goes aflopplng Pitchantoss for Kaiseriand I was cracked mugs clinking As they sighted Singapore And the bleary eyes were blinking At the hope o touching snore I was cracked mugs clinking And the bleary eyes were blinking But the cabinboy was sinking With his eighty years or more Oh the crumpled masts were creaking Kalserland Kalserland And the bilge was frankly leaking Kalserland Kalserland I Oh the crumpled masts were creaking And the bilge was frankly leaking I And their throats were dry wI sneakln I Most profane 0 Kaiseriand I was dumb bells tolling A they reeled at half a knot For theyd done deal a o coaling But the pace was never hot I was dumb bells tolling And they I done I deal o coaling When the wherry came arolling On to Williams little slot NIneandnlnety years were over Kalserland Kaiseriand Since they cleared the Straits o Dover Kaiseriand Kalserland VIneandnlnety years from Dover And the lengthy lease was over And the heathen sat In clover On the pews o Kaiseriand Punch I |