Captain O'Rourke

Captain O'Rourke 

<Ridley dink a dol-a-do-ry-am, I am Captain O'Rourke I am

Don't be ailin' when I'm sailin'

I am a fine ship's captain

Hey!

there is no ship that I can't man

I am a fine ship's captain>

Captain O'Rourke was a great ship's captain...

<a great vessel had he>

Twas a grand galleon, so shiny and new

and he went out to sail on the deep ocean blue

But the ship hit a reef, and was hulled through and throguh

and sank with o'rourke and all of his crew.  

<And he cried...>

<...>

Captain O'Rourke was a strong old captain...

Was a fine little friggate

and boy was she fast

when she hit the water all boats were outclassed

but orouke pulled a rope, and it ripped off the mast

and it capsized and filled up and went right down fast

Captain O'Rourke was an OK captain...

T'was a rickety rowboat which wasn't too grand

and one day o'rourke tried to push it off land

but the boat had no bottom, so when it left the sand

it sank to the depths of the galway base grand

Captain O'Rourke was a silly mad captain...

He sailed on a thimble, he could barely fit in.

he thought it was sturdy as it was made out of tin

but all of the holes let the water right in

and he trudged back to shore, soaked to the skin

Captain O'Rourke was no ship's captain...

He lived on ole Ireland, and one morning lo

he found a large plug, and he pulled it out slow

and from that deep hole water did overflow

and he sank all of Ireland in one fell blow.