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Would you hear a Wild tale of adventure	A
Of a hero who tackled the sea	B
A super man swimming the ocean	C
Then hark to the tale of Joe Lee	B
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Our Channel our own Straits of Dover	A
Had heen swum by an alien lot	D
Our British born swimmers had tried it	E
But that was as far as they'd got	D
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So great was the outcry in England	F
Darts Players neglected their beer	G
And the Chanc'Ior proclaimed from the Woolsack	H
As Joe Lee were the chap for this 'ere	G
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For in swimming baths all round the country	G
Joe were noted for daring and strength	I
Quite often he'd dived in the deep end	J
And thought nothing of swimming a length	I
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So they wrote him C o Workhouse Master	G
Joe were spending the summer with him	K
And promised him two Christmas puddings	L
If over the Channel he'd swim	K
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Joe jumped into t' breach like an 'ero	G
He said All their fears I'll relieve	M
And it isn't their puddings I'm after	G
As I told them last Christmas Eve	M
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Though many have tackled the Channel	N
From Grisnez to Dover that is	O
For the honour and glory of England	F
I'll swim from Dover to Gris niz	O
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As soon as his words were made public	H
The newspapers gathered around	P
And offered to give him a pension	C
If he lost both his legs and got drowned	P
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He borrowed a tug from the Navy	G
To swim in the shelter alee	N
The Wireless folk lent him a wavelength	Q
And the Water Board lent him the sea	G
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His wife strapped a mascot around him	K
The tears to his eyes gently stole	N
'Twere some guiness corks she had collected	R
And stitched to an old camisole	N
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He entered the water at daybreak	H
A man with a camera stood near	G
He said Hurry up and get in lad	S
You're spoiling my view of the pier	G
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At last he were in he were swimming	H
With a beautiful overarm stroke	H
When the men on the tug saw with horror	G
That the rope he were tied to had broke	H
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Then down came a fog thick as treacle	N
The tug looked so distant and dim	K
A voice shouted Help I am drowning	H
Joe listened and found it were him	K
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The tug circled round till they found him	K
They hauled him aboard like a sack	H
Tied a new tow rope around him	K
Smacked him and then threw him back	H
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'Twere at sunset or just a bit later	G
That he realized all wasn't right	T
For the tow rope were trailing behind him	K
And the noose round his waist getting tight	T
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One hasty glance over his shoulder	G
He saw in a flash what were wrong	H
The Captain had shut off his engine	C
Joe were towing the Tugboat along	H
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On and on through the darkness he paddled	U
Till he knew he were very near in	V
By the way he kept bumping the bottom	W
And hitting the stones with his chin	V
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Was it Grisniz he'd reached No it wasn't	X
The treacherous tide in its track	H
Had carried him half way to Blackpool	N
And he had to walk all the way back	H

Marriott Edgar

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