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Oh big was the bosom of brave ALUM BEY	A
And also the region that under it lay	A
In safety and peril remarkably cool	B
And he dwelt on the banks of the river Stamboul	B
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Each morning he went to his garden to cull	B
A bunch of zenana or sprig of bul bul	B
And offered the bouquet in exquisite bloom	C
To BACKSHEESH the daughter of RAHAT LAKOUM	C
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No maiden like BACKSHEESH could tastily cook	D
A kettle of kismet or joint of tchibouk	D
As ALUM brave fellow sat pensively by	E
With a bright sympathetic ka bob in his eye	E
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Stern duty compelled him to leave her one day	A
A ship's supercargo was brave ALUM BEY	A
To pretty young BACKSHEESH he made a salaam	C
And sailed to the isle of Seringapatam	C
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O ALUM said she think again ere you go	D
Hareems may arise and Moguls they may blow	D
You may strike on a fez or be drowned which is wuss	F
But ALUM embraced her and spoke to her thus	F
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Cease weeping fair BACKSHEESH I willingly swear	G
Cork jackets and trousers I always will wear	G
And I also throw in a large number of oaths	H
That I never no NEVER will take off my clothes	H
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They left Madagascar away on their right	I
And made Clapham Common the following night	I
Then lay on their oars for a fortnight or two	J
Becalmed in the ocean of Honololu	D
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One day ALUM saw with alarm in his breast	K
A cloud on the nor sow sow nor sow nor west	K
The wind it arose and the crew gave a scream	C
For they knew it they knew it the dreaded Hareem	C
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The mast it went over and so did the sails	L
Brave ALUM threw over his casks and his bales	L
The billows arose as the weather grew thick	D
And all except ALUM were terribly sick	D
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The crew were but three but they holloa'd for nine	M
They howled and they blubbered with wail and with whine	M
The skipper he fainted away in the fore	N
For he hadn't the heart for to skip any more	N
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Ho coward said ALUM with heart of a child	O
Thou son of a party whose grave is defiled	O
Is ALUM in terror is ALUM afeard	O
Ho ho If you had one I'd laugh at your beard	O
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His eyeball it gleamed like a furnace of coke	D
He boldly inflated his clothes as he spoke	D
He daringly felt for the corks on his chest	O
And he recklessly tightened the belt at his breast	O
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For he knew the brave ALUM that happen what might	O
With belts and cork jacketing HE was all right	O
Though others might sink he was certain to swim	C
No Hareem whatever had terrors for him	C
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They begged him to spare from his personal store	N
A single cork garment they asked for no more	N
But he couldn't because of the number of oaths	H
That he never no never would take off his clothes	H
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The billows dash o'er them and topple around	O
They see they are pretty near sure to be drowned	O
A terrible wave o'er the quarter deck breaks	P
And the vessel it sinks in a couple of shakes	P
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The dreadful Hareem though it knows how to blow	D
Expends all its strength in a minute or so	D
When the vessel had foundered as I have detailed	O
The tempest subsided and quiet prevailed	O
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One seized on a cork with a yelling Ha ha	Q
Its bottle had 'prisoned a pint of Pacha	R
Another a toothpick another a tray	A
Alas it is useless said brave ALUM BEY	A
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To holloa and kick is a very bad plan	S
Get it over my tulips as soon as you can	S
You'd better lay hold of a good lump of lead	O
And cling to it tightly until you are dead	O
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Just raise your hands over your pretty heads so	D
Right down to the bottom you're certain to go	D
Ta ta I'm afraid we shall not meet again	T
For the truly courageous are truly humane	U
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Brave ALUM was picked up the very next day	A
A man o' war sighted him smoking away	A
With hunger and cold he was ready to drop	V
So they sent him below and they gave him a chop	V
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O reader or readress whichever you be	W
You weep for the crew who have sunk in the sea	W
O reader or readress read farther and dry	E
The bright sympathetic ka bob in your eye	E
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That ship had a grapple with three iron spikes	X
It's lowered and ha on a something it strikes	X
They haul it aboard with a British heave ho	D
And what it has fished the drawing will show	D
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There was WILSON and PARKER and TOMLINSON too	O
The first was the captain the others the crew	O
As lively and spry as a Malabar ape	Y
Quite pleased and surprised at their happy escape	Y
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And ALUM brave fellow who stood in the fore	N
And never expected to look on them more	N
Was really delighted to see them again	T
For the truly courageous are truly humane	U

William Schwenck Gilbert

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