Song Lyrics Unknown - Gunboat Sailors    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> Gunboat Sailors Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown Music Title/Track: Gunboat Sailors Theme ID: 4228 Album: N/A GUNBOAT SAILORS We are only gunboat sailors, we can't boast of what we did, Like the "big 16" that traveled 'round the Horn; Though we weathered the typhoons And sailed for many moons In places where no white man e'er was born. Our only boast and brag is that we have shown the flag To the heathen and the wanderers from home, And if ignorant we be, we don't ask for sympathy From the candy kids that treat us all with scorn. Oh, cho: Gunboat sailors, so misunderstood Bah! Bah! Bah! They say our heads are made of wood, Bah! Bah! Bah! Battleship sailors, what heavenly light Makes you see yourselves so bright? Why don't you pity our horible plight, Bah! Bah! Bah! Thouyh the creek be broad or narrow, though the pilot doesn't know We go through, for gunboat sailors never mind; And if the bottom's mud, the river's far from flood, Right there the gunboat sailors you will find. And if the bottom's sand, as hard as good dry land, Why, faith, we jump the bar and jump it blind, For on the other side the river's open wide, And China keeps old Uncle Sam in mind. To the Legions of the Lost Ones, to the Cohorts of the Damned, We seem to be forever more assigned; For when we left the Battle Fleet, we left our laurels too, And since, we've fallen far away behind. And when there's trouhle out, do not shriek or yell or shout, But quickly go and gunboat sailors find, They may fly no pennants free, but you'll know them, don't you see By the ready way in which each speaks his mind. Final Chorus: We're the gunboat sailors whose work's ne'er through, Bah! Bah! Bah! Our boat is from Wusung as far as Wuhu, Bah! Bah! Bah! , Navy Department, though we may be, Out of the Navy it seems to me, Take us away from the Heathen Chinee, Bah! Bah! Bah! Tune: Whiffenpoof Song From Book of Navy Songs, USNA @military @navy @China filename[ GUNBOTSL RG ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Halleys Comet, Halls Of Montezuma, Hame Dearie Hame, Hamlet, Hand Me Down, Handsome Cabin Boy, Handsome Molly, Handsome Young Sailor, Hangin Johnny, Hangman Or The Prickilie Bush, Happiness Is Just A Thing Called Joe, Happy Days, Happy Family, Happy Man, Hard Aint It Hard, Hard Cheese Of Old England, Hard Crackers Come Again No More, Hard Life Of The Cut, Hard Love, Hard Times Come Again No More, Hard Times Of Old England, Hard Working Miner, Hares On The Mountain, Hark The Herald Angels Sing, Harmony, Harp Without A Crown, Harrison Brady, Hartley Bill, Harvestsupper Song, Haughs of Cromdale, Haul Awa, Haul Away Joe, Haul Er Away, Hava Nagila, Have Some Madiera Mdear, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Hawaiian Beaches, Hawthorn Tree, Hbombs Thunder, Headin For Halifax, Healing Hands, Health To The Company, Hearth And Fire, Heartland, Heather On The Moor, Heavyhipted Woman, Hedgehog Song, Heigh Ho For A Husband, Hell In Texas, Help, Other Unknown song Lyrics 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Lyrics A Bird in a Gilded Cage Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Fool Such As I Lyrics A Friend Like You Lyrics A Hero of the Wrong War Lyrics A Horse Named Bill Lyrics A Hundred Years from Now Lyrics A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak Lyrics A Little Bit of Solitude Lyrics A Living Wage Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Unknown Prophets Lyrics Unleashed Lyrics Unleashed Power Lyrics Unlimited Nation Lyrics Unlimited Sound Lyrics UNLOCO Lyrics Unlord Lyrics UNLV Lyrics Unni Wilhelmsen Lyrics Uno Svenningsson Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy