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Charming Disaster - Pull, Boys, Pull

from Bushwick Book Club presents MOBY DICK by The Bushwick Book Club

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My captain has a timber toe A stranger man I'd never know
I'd follow him to hell and back
But he keeps me up when he walks the deck!

Pull boys pull

O Deadly is my bright harpoon
Worth its weight in gold doubloons Forged with blood and razor blades
The devil himself won't get away!

Pull boys pull my babies
Snap your spines in two and twenty
Devil may care that's just as well
Pull for the back of the great white whale

Pull boys pull

A crew of mongrel renegades
Of cannibals and castaways
We work the waves without a care
The jaws of death are an easy chair!

Pull boys pull

When bunking with a cannibal
You’d better hope he’s had his fill
Make sure your hammock’s tightly wrapped
Or he might take a finger for a midnight snack!

Pull boys pull my babies
Burst your lungs for a cask of brandy
Tell-tale compass points straight to hell
Pull for the back of the great white whale

Pull boys pull

Now Jonah was a wicked man
Swallowed by Leviathan
Imagine our first mate's surprise
To find the old man still inside

Pull boys pull

I leave a white and turbid wake
My destiny's my worst mistake
Damned and doomed I have no doubt
I'm gnawed within and scorched without!

Pull boys pull my babies
Are you fast or are you loose fish
Watch for the spout & the mighty tail
Pull for the back of the great white whale

Pull boys pull

A whaleman’s life is a fragile thing
His death knell all too often rings
It’s three years since I’ve walked dry land
So you can read by whale oil lamp!

Pull boys pull

O strength and patience, cash and time
Don’t get tangled in the line
Or drat the file and drat the bone
You’re going down to Davy Jones!

Pull boys pull

Of teeth tiered sharks, O tell me not
Where navies rust and anchors rot
I'd be at home in Noah's flood
Salty water's In my Blood!

Pull boys pull my babies
Clinched to desks and nailed to benches
Take to the ocean and trim the sail
Pull for the back of the great white whale

Pull boys pull my babies
Keep your weather eye wide open
Sing out hearties without fail
Pull for the back of the great white whale

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from Bushwick Book Club presents MOBY DICK, released July 28, 2015

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The Bushwick Book Club Brooklyn, New York

We started in January 2009 playing songs written in response to Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions. We haven't stopped since. We've written & performed songs inspired by everything from "On The Origin of Species" to Dr. Seuss to Raymond Carver. There are BBCs popping up nationwide now. Bushwick Book Club Seattle started in 2010 & is run by Geoff Larson. Our nerdy dare-devilry knows no bounds. ... more

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