Key: F
Introduction:
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Our Chinese cook, he grabbed all he could took
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He said, "No storm is stoppin' me!"
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He made fricassee of a sea anemone
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Down at the bottom of the sea
I turned to my first officer and I said
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"What have you got to say to me?"
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Well, he turned and said, "I'm in over my head"
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Down at the bottom of the sea
A She-Kraken, lurkin' under my men
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Looked up at their legs hungrily
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She counted eight so she thought she found a mate
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Down at the bottom of the sea
They kicked and they fought but it was all for naught
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'Cause she just wouldn't set 'em free
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She had them taut in a tight sailor's knot
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Down at the bottom of the sea
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Some men call to God
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When their number's up
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Some cry for their mums
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I just lament all these barrels of wasted rum
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Seaman Shaft, we all knew he was daft
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His story don't end happily
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He drifted by with a fishgig in his eye
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Down at the bottom of the sea
Down at the bottom was treasure galore,
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But guarding it so greedily
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Was an angry horde of skeletons with swords
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Down at the bottom of the sea (for the Horde!)
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Some men call to God
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When their number's up
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Some cry for their mums
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I just lament all these barrels of wasted rum
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Down to the bottom of the
We're at the bottom of the
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Between the devil and the deep blue sea!