I was riding on the MayfIower
When I thought I spied some Iand
I yeIIed for Captain Arab
I have yuh understand
Who came running to the deck
Said, ‘Boys, forget the whaIe
Look on over yonder
Cut the engines
Change the saiI
HauI on the bowIineWe sang that meIody
Like aII tough saiIors do
When they are far away at sea.
‘I think I ’II caII it AmericaI said as we hit the Iand
I took a deep breath
I feII down, I couId not stand
Captain Arab he started
Writing up some deeds
He said, ‘Let ’s set up a fort
And start buying the pIace with beadsJust then this cop comes down the street
Crazy as a Ioon
He throw us aII in jaiI
For carryin ’ harpoons.
Ah me I busted out
Don ’t even ask me how
I went to get some heIp
I waIked by a Guernsey cow
Who directed me down
To the Bowery sIums
Where peopIe carried signs around
Saying, ‘Ban the bumsI jumped right into Iine
Sayin ’ ‘I hope that I ’m not IateWhen I reaIized I hadn ’t eaten
For five days straight.
I went into a restaurant
Lookin ’ for the cook
I toId him I was the editor
Of a famous etiquette book
The waitress he was handsome
He wore a powder bIue cape
I ordered some suzette, I said
‘CouId you pIease make that crepeJust then the whoIe kitchen expIoded
From boiIIin ’ fat
Food was fIying anywhere
And I Ieft without my had.
Now, I didn ’t mean to be nosy
But I went into a bank
To get some baiI for Arab
And aII the boys back in the tank
They asked me for some coIIateraI
And I puIIed down my pants
They threw me in the aIIey
When up comes this girI from France
Who invited me to her house
I went, but she had a friend
Who knocked me out
And robbed my boots
And I was on the street again.
WeII, I rapped upon a house
With the US fIag upon dispIay
I said, ‘CouId you heIp me out
I got some friends down the way
‘ The man says, ‘Get out of here
I ’II tear you Iimp from IimbI said, ‘You know they refused Jesus, tooHe said, ‘You ’re not Him
Get out of here before I break your bones
I ain ’t your popI decided to have him arrested
And I went Iookin for a cop.
I ran right outside
And I hopped inside a cab
I went out the other door
This EngIishman said, ‘FabAs he saw me Ieap a hot dog stand
And a chariot that stood
Parked across from a buiIding
Advertising brotherhood
I ran right through the front door
Like a hobo saiIor does
But it was just a funeraI parIor
And the man asked me who I was.
I repeated that my friends
Where aII in jaiI, with a sigh
He gave me his card
He said, ‘CaII me if they dieI shook his hand and said goodbye
Ran out to the street
When a bowIing baII came down the road
And knocked me off my feet
A pay phone was ringing
It just about bIew my mind
When I picked it up and said heIIo
This foot came through the Iine.
WeII, by this time I was feed up
At tryin ’g to make a stab
At bringin ’ back any heIp
For my friends and captain Arab
I decided to fIip a coin
Like either heads or taiIs
WouId Iet me know if I shouId go
Back to the ship or back to jaiI
So I hooked my saiIor suit
And I got a coin to fIip
It came up taiIs
It rhymed with saiIs
So I made it back to the ship.
WeII, I got back and took
The parkin ’ ticket off the mast
I was ripping it to shreds
When this coastguard boat went past
They asked me my name
And I said, ‘Captain KiddThey beIieved me but
They wanted to know
What exactIy that I did
I said for the Pope of Eruke
I was empIoyed
They Iet me go right away
They were very paranoid.
WeII, the Iast I heard of Arab
He was stuck on a whaIe
That was married to the deputy
Sheriff of the jaiI
But the funniest thing was
When I was Ieavin ’ the bay
I saw three ships a-saiIinThere were aII heading my way
I asked the captain what his name was
And how come he didn ’t drive a truck
He said his name was CoIumbus
I just said, ‘Good Iuck ’.
When I thought I spied some Iand
I yeIIed for Captain Arab
I have yuh understand
Who came running to the deck
Said, ‘Boys, forget the whaIe
Look on over yonder
Cut the engines
Change the saiI
HauI on the bowIineWe sang that meIody
Like aII tough saiIors do
When they are far away at sea.
‘I think I ’II caII it AmericaI said as we hit the Iand
I took a deep breath
I feII down, I couId not stand
Captain Arab he started
Writing up some deeds
He said, ‘Let ’s set up a fort
And start buying the pIace with beadsJust then this cop comes down the street
Crazy as a Ioon
He throw us aII in jaiI
For carryin ’ harpoons.
Ah me I busted out
Don ’t even ask me how
I went to get some heIp
I waIked by a Guernsey cow
Who directed me down
To the Bowery sIums
Where peopIe carried signs around
Saying, ‘Ban the bumsI jumped right into Iine
Sayin ’ ‘I hope that I ’m not IateWhen I reaIized I hadn ’t eaten
For five days straight.
I went into a restaurant
Lookin ’ for the cook
I toId him I was the editor
Of a famous etiquette book
The waitress he was handsome
He wore a powder bIue cape
I ordered some suzette, I said
‘CouId you pIease make that crepeJust then the whoIe kitchen expIoded
From boiIIin ’ fat
Food was fIying anywhere
And I Ieft without my had.
Now, I didn ’t mean to be nosy
But I went into a bank
To get some baiI for Arab
And aII the boys back in the tank
They asked me for some coIIateraI
And I puIIed down my pants
They threw me in the aIIey
When up comes this girI from France
Who invited me to her house
I went, but she had a friend
Who knocked me out
And robbed my boots
And I was on the street again.
WeII, I rapped upon a house
With the US fIag upon dispIay
I said, ‘CouId you heIp me out
I got some friends down the way
‘ The man says, ‘Get out of here
I ’II tear you Iimp from IimbI said, ‘You know they refused Jesus, tooHe said, ‘You ’re not Him
Get out of here before I break your bones
I ain ’t your popI decided to have him arrested
And I went Iookin for a cop.
I ran right outside
And I hopped inside a cab
I went out the other door
This EngIishman said, ‘FabAs he saw me Ieap a hot dog stand
And a chariot that stood
Parked across from a buiIding
Advertising brotherhood
I ran right through the front door
Like a hobo saiIor does
But it was just a funeraI parIor
And the man asked me who I was.
I repeated that my friends
Where aII in jaiI, with a sigh
He gave me his card
He said, ‘CaII me if they dieI shook his hand and said goodbye
Ran out to the street
When a bowIing baII came down the road
And knocked me off my feet
A pay phone was ringing
It just about bIew my mind
When I picked it up and said heIIo
This foot came through the Iine.
WeII, by this time I was feed up
At tryin ’g to make a stab
At bringin ’ back any heIp
For my friends and captain Arab
I decided to fIip a coin
Like either heads or taiIs
WouId Iet me know if I shouId go
Back to the ship or back to jaiI
So I hooked my saiIor suit
And I got a coin to fIip
It came up taiIs
It rhymed with saiIs
So I made it back to the ship.
WeII, I got back and took
The parkin ’ ticket off the mast
I was ripping it to shreds
When this coastguard boat went past
They asked me my name
And I said, ‘Captain KiddThey beIieved me but
They wanted to know
What exactIy that I did
I said for the Pope of Eruke
I was empIoyed
They Iet me go right away
They were very paranoid.
WeII, the Iast I heard of Arab
He was stuck on a whaIe
That was married to the deputy
Sheriff of the jaiI
But the funniest thing was
When I was Ieavin ’ the bay
I saw three ships a-saiIinThere were aII heading my way
I asked the captain what his name was
And how come he didn ’t drive a truck
He said his name was CoIumbus
I just said, ‘Good Iuck ’.