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Some time ago in simple verse	A
I sang the story true	B
Of CAPTAIN REECE the MANTELPIECE	A
And all her happy crew	B
	-
I showed how any captain may	C
Attach his men to him	D
If he but heeds their smallest needs	A
And studies every whim	D
	-
Now mark how by Draconic rule	E
And HAUTEUR ill advised	F
The noblest crew upon the Blue	B
May be demoralized	F
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When his ungrateful country placed	G
Kind REECE upon half pay	C
Without much claim SIR BERKELY came	H
And took command one day	C
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SIR BERKELY was a martinet	C
A stern unyielding soul	I
Who ruled his ship by dint of whip	J
And horrible black hole	I
	-
A sailor who was overcome	K
From having freely dined	C
And chanced to reel when at the wheel	L
He instantly confined	C
	-
And tars who when an action raged	C
Appeared alarmed or scared	C
And those below who wished to go	M
He very seldom spared	C
	-
E'en he who smote his officer	N
For punishment was booked	C
And mutinies upon the seas	A
He rarely overlooked	C
	-
In short the happy MANTELPIECE	A
Where all had gone so well	O
Beneath that fool SIR BERKELY'S rule	E
Became a floating hell	O
	-
When first SIR BERKELY came aboard	C
He read a speech to all	P
And told them how he'd made a vow	Q
To act on duty's call	P
	-
Then WILLIAM LEE he up and said	C
The Captain's coxswain he	R
We've heard the speech your honour's made	C
And werry pleased we be	R
	-
We won't pretend my lad as how	Q
We're glad to lose our REECE	A
Urbane polite he suited quite	C
The saucy MANTELPIECE	A
	-
But if your honour gives your mind	C
To study all our ways	A
With dance and song we'll jog along	S
As in those happy days	A
	-
I like your honour's looks and feel	L
You're worthy of your sword	C
Your hand my lad I'm doosid glad	C
To welcome you aboard	C
	-
SIR BERKELY looked amazed as though	M
He didn't understand	C
Don't shake your head good WILLIAM said	C
It is an honest hand	C
	-
It's grasped a better hand than yourn	T
Come gov'nor I insist	C
The Captain stared the coxswain glared	C
The hand became a fist	C
	-
Down upstart said the hardy salt	C
But BERKELY dodged his aim	H
And made him go in chains below	M
The seamen murmured Shame	H
	-
He stopped all songs at p m	U
Stopped hornpipes when at sea	A
And swore his cot or bunk should not	C
Be used by aught than he	A
	-
He never joined their daily mess	A
Nor asked them to his own	T
But chaffed in gay and social way	C
The officers alone	T
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His First Lieutenant PETER was	A
As useless as could be	A
A helpless stick and always sick	V
When there was any sea	A
	-
This First Lieutenant proved to be	A
His foster sister MAY	C
Who went to sea for love of he	A
In masculine array	C
	-
And when he learnt the curious fact	C
Did he emotion show	M
Or dry her tears or end her fears	A
By marrying her No	M
	-
Or did he even try to soothe	W
This maiden in her teens	A
Oh no instead he made her wed	C
The Sergeant of Marines	A
	-
Of course such Spartan discipline	T
Would make an angel fret	C
They drew a lot and WILLIAM shot	C
This fearful martinet	C
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The Admiralty saw how ill	X
They'd treated CAPTAIN REECE	A
He was restored once more aboard	C
The saucy MANTELPIECE	A

William Schwenck Gilbert

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