lirik lagu stanley holloway - the sensation captain
han captain parklebury todd
so good — so wise — so brave, he!
but still, as all his friends would own
he had one folly — one alone —
this captain in the navy
i do not think i ever knew
a man so wholly given to
creating a sensation;
or p’raps i should in justice say —
to what in an adelphi play
is known as “situation.”
he passed his time designing traps
to flurry unsuspicious chaps —
the taste was his innately;
he couldn’t walk into a room
without ej~cul~ting “boom!”
which startled ladies greatly
he’d wear a mask and m~ffling cloak
not, you will understand, in joke
as some assume disguises;
he did it, actuated by
a simple love of mystery
and fondness for surprises
i need not say he loved a maid —
his eloquence threw into shade
all others who adored her
the maid, though pleased at first, i know
found, after several years or so
her startling lover bored her
so, when his orders came to sail
she did not faint or scream or wail
or with her tears anoint him:
she shook his hand, and said “good~bye,”
with laughter dancing in her eye —
which seemed to disappoint him
but ere he went aboard his boat
he placed around her little throat
a ribbon, blue and yellow
on which he hung a double tooth —
a simple token this, in sooth —
’twas all he had poor fellow!
“i often wonder,” he would say
when very, very far away
if angelina wears it?
a plan has entered in my head:
i will pretend that i am dead
and see how angy bears it.”
the news he made a messmate tell
his angelina bore it well
no sign gave she of crazing;
but, steady as the inchcape rock
his angelina stood the shock
with fortitude amazing
she said, “some one i must elect
poor angelina to protect
from all who wish to harm her
since worthy captain todd is dead
i rather feel inclined to wed
a comfortable farmer.”
a comfortable farmer came
(bassanio tyler was his name)
who had no end of treasure
he said, “my n0ble gal, be mine!”
the n0ble gal did not decline
but simply said, “with pleasure.”
when this was told to captain todd
at first he thought it rather odd
and felt some perturbation;
but very long he did not grieve
he thought he could a way perceive
to such a situation!
“i’ll not reveal myself,” said he
“till they are both in the eccle~
siastical arena;
then suddenly i will appear
and paralysing them with fear
demand my angelina!
at length arrived the wedding day;
accoutred in the usual way
appeared the bridal body;
the worthy clergyman began
when in the gallant captain ran
and cried, “behold your toddy!”
the bridegroom, p’raps, was terrified
and also possibly the bride —
the bridesmaids were affrighted;
but angelina, n0ble soul
contrived her feelings to control
and really seemed delighted
“my bride!” said gallant captain todd
“she’s mine, uninteresting clod!
my own, my darling charmer!”
“oh dear,” said she, “you’re just too late —
i’m married to, i beg to state
this comfortable farmer!”
“indeed,” the farmer said, “she’s mine;
you’ve been and cut it far too fine!”
“i see,” said todd, “i’m beaten.”
and so he went to sea once more
“sensation” he for aye forswore
and married on her native shore
a lady whom he’d met before —
a lovely otaheitan
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