{"id":1377,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/the-cruise-of-the-calibar"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"the-cruise-of-the-calibar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/the-cruise-of-the-calibar\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CRUISE OF THE CALIBAR"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n

Come all ye dry land sailors bold and listen to my song
\nThere only forty verses so I won’t detain you long
\n‘Tis all about the history of a bold young Irish tar
\nWho sailed as man before the mast on board the Calibar<\/p>\n

The Calibar was clipper flat, stern-fashioned fore and aft
\nThe rudder it stuck out away behind and wheel was a great big shaft
\nWith half a gale to swell her sail she could make two knots an hour
\nThe smartest craft on the Grand Canal though only one-horse power<\/p>\n

The skipper was a strapping youth and his height was four-foot-two
\nHe nose was red and his eyes were black and his hair a Prussian blue
\nHe wore a leather medal that he won in a terrible war
\nAnd his wife was passenger mate and cook on board of the Calibar<\/p>\n

Chorus:
\nSo heave away my hearty’s for we’re bound for lands a far
\nAs we sail away from James’ Street onboard of the Calibar<\/p>\n

We sailed away with a favoring breeze, the weather it was sublime
\nBut just in the straits of Rialto Bridge where ye can’t pass two at a time
\nAnother craft ran into us which gave us a serious check
\nIt stove in the starboard paddle-wheel box and destroyed the hurricane deck<\/p>\n

While hugging the shore of Inchicore a very dangerous part
\nWe ran a top of a lump of coal that wasn’t marked on the chart
\nTo save ourselves from sinking and to save each precious life
\nWe hove the main deck overboard including the captain’s wife<\/p>\n

Then all became confusion while the stormy winds did blow
\nThe Boson slipped on an orange peel and fell into the hold below
\nThe Captain cried “‘Tis a pirate’s brig and on us she does gain!”
\nWhen next I sail for Clondalkin, boys, be japers I’ll go by train!”<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

So we got our ammunition out to meet the coming foe
\nOur cutlasses and boarding pikes and Gatling guns also
\n“Put on full speed,” the Captain cried, “for we are sorely pressed”
\nBut the engineer replied from the bank, “Sure the horse is doing his best!”<\/p>\n

O, thick and fast the heroes fell, in torrents blood was spilt
\nGreat numbers were falling before they were hit, to make sure they wouldn’t be kilt
\nAnd at last when the pirate surrendered her flag, the crew being all on their backs
\nWe found that she was a sister ship, with a cargo of cobbler’s wax<\/p>\n

The ship is in the marine stores now, the crew in the county jail
\nAnd I’m the only survivor left to tell the terrible tale
\nBut if I could release that ship, I’d sail her off afar
\nAnd Admiral be of the blooming fleet on the fighting Calibar<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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