{"id":27928,"date":"2026-01-03T16:56:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T16:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=27928"},"modified":"2026-01-03T16:56:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T16:56:45","slug":"capital-ship-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/capital-ship-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Capital Ship, A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Misc Traditional<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\">[Verse 1]\r\n  <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>\r\nA capital ship for an ocean trip\r\n         <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G7\">G7<\/span>               <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>\r\nWas the \"Walloping Window Blind\"\r\n   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"F\">F<\/span>         <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D7\">D7<\/span>      <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">G<\/span>\r\nNo wind that blew dismayed her crew\r\n   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Am\">Am<\/span>           <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D7\">D7<\/span>        <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">G<\/span>\r\nOr troubled the captain's mind\r\n    <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>\r\nThe man at the wheel was made to feel\r\n   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"F\">F<\/span>     <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>       <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G7\">G7<\/span>  <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G7\">G7<\/span>\r\nContempt for the wildest blow\r\n        <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>\r\nTho' it often appeared when the weather had cleared\r\n          <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G7\">G7<\/span>          <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>\r\nThat he'd been in his bunk below\r\n \r\n   { CHORUS }\r\n      <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>\r\n      So, blow ye winds, heigh-ho\r\n        <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"F\">F<\/span>          <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G7\">G7<\/span>   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>\r\n      A-sailing we will go\r\n                   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G7\">G7<\/span>   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>  <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"F\">F<\/span>         <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>\r\n      I'll stay no more on England's shore\r\n         <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"F\">F<\/span>   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G7\">G7<\/span> <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>  <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G7\">G7<\/span>\r\n      So let the music play\r\n          <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>\r\n      I'm off for the morning train\r\n         <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"F\">F<\/span>         <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G7\">G7<\/span>     <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>\r\n      To cross the raging main\r\n                    <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G7\">G7<\/span>   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>      <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"F\">F<\/span>      <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>\r\n      I'm off to my love with a boxing glove\r\n          <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"F\">F<\/span>        <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G7\">G7<\/span>    <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>\r\n      Ten thousand miles away\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n    <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>\r\nThe bos'un's mate was very sedate\r\n    <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G7\">G7<\/span>                <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>\r\nYet fond of amusement too\r\n   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"F\">F<\/span>          <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D7\">D7<\/span>              <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">G<\/span>\r\nHe played hop-scotch with the starboard watch\r\n  <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Am\">Am<\/span>              <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D7\">D7<\/span>          <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">G<\/span>\r\nWhile the captain tickled the crew\r\n    <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>\r\nThe gunner he was apparently mad\r\n    F      C  G7  C    G7\r\nFor he sat on the afterrail\r\n    C\r\nAnd fired salutes with the captain's boots\r\n       G7         C\r\nIn the teeth of a booming gale\r\n \r\n   { CHORUS }\r\n      C\r\n      So, blow ye winds, heigh-ho\r\n        F          G7   C\r\n      A-sailing we will go\r\n                   G7   C  F         C\r\n      I'll stay no more on England's shore\r\n         F   C   G7 C  G7\r\n      So let the music play\r\n          C\r\n      I'm off for the morning train\r\n         F         G7     C\r\n      To cross the raging main\r\n                    G7   C      F      C\r\n      I'm off to my love with a boxing glove\r\n          F        G7    C\r\n      Ten thousand miles away\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n    C\r\nThe captain sat on the commodore's hat\r\n    G7               C\r\nAnd dined in a royal way\r\n    F         D7     G\r\nOff pickles &amp; figs &amp; little roast pigs\r\n    Am      D7         G\r\nAnd gunnery bread each day\r\n    C\r\nThe cook was Dutch and behaved as such\r\n    F   C       G7     C   G7\r\nFor the diet he served the crew\r\n      C\r\nWas a couple of tons of hot-cross buns\r\n       G7                C\r\nServed up with sugar and glue\r\n \r\n   { CHORUS }\r\n      C\r\n      So, blow ye winds, heigh-ho\r\n        F          G7   C\r\n      A-sailing we will go\r\n                   G7   C  F         C\r\n      I'll stay no more on England's shore\r\n         F   C   G7 C  G7\r\n      So let the music play\r\n          C\r\n      I'm off for the morning train\r\n         F         G7     C\r\n      To cross the raging main\r\n                    G7   C      F      C\r\n      I'm off to my love with a boxing glove\r\n          F        G7    C\r\n      Ten thousand miles away\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n     C\r\nThen we all fell ill as mariners will\r\n     G7                    C\r\nOn a diet that's rough and crude\r\n       F            D7          G\r\nAnd we shivered and shook as we dipped the cook\r\n     Am         D7       G\r\nIn a tub of his gluesome food\r\n    C\r\nAll nautical pride we cast aside\r\n    F  C       G7  C   G7\r\nAnd we ran the vessel ashore\r\n       C\r\nOn the Gulliby Isles where the poopoo smiles\r\n        G7             C\r\nAnd the rubbily ubdugs roar\r\n \r\n   { CHORUS }\r\n      C\r\n      So, blow ye winds, heigh-ho\r\n        F          G7   C\r\n      A-sailing we will go\r\n                   G7   C  F         C\r\n      I'll stay no more on England's shore\r\n         F   C   G7 C  G7\r\n      So let the music play\r\n          C\r\n      I'm off for the morning train\r\n         F         G7     C\r\n      To cross the raging main\r\n                    G7   C      F      C\r\n      I'm off to my love with a boxing glove\r\n          F        G7    C\r\n      Ten thousand miles away\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 5]\r\n   C\r\nComposed of sand was that favored land\r\n    G7                    C\r\nAnd trimmed with cinnamon straws\r\n    F        D7           G\r\nAnd pink and blue was the pleasing hue\r\n       Am         D7       G\r\nOf the tickle-toe teaser's claws\r\n   C\r\nWe sat on the edge of a sandy ledge\r\n    F       C   G7   C    G7\r\nAnd shot at the whistling bee\r\n          C\r\nWhile the rugabug bats wore waterproof hats\r\n        G7            C\r\nAs they dipped in the shining sea\r\n \r\n   { CHORUS }\r\n      C\r\n      So, blow ye winds, heigh-ho\r\n        F          G7   C\r\n      A-sailing we will go\r\n                   G7   C  F         C\r\n      I'll stay no more on England's shore\r\n         F   C   G7 C  G7\r\n      So let the music play\r\n          C\r\n      I'm off for the morning train\r\n         F         G7     C\r\n      To cross the raging main\r\n                    G7   C      F      C\r\n      I'm off to my love with a boxing glove\r\n          F        G7    C\r\n      Ten thousand miles away\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 6]\r\n   C\r\nOn rugabug bark from dawn till dark\r\n   G7                C\r\nWe dined till we all had grown\r\n  F         D7           G\r\nUncommonly shrunk when a Chinese junk\r\n     Am          D7       G\r\nCame up from the Torrible Zone\r\n        C\r\nShe was stubby and square, but we didn't much care\r\n      F   C   G7  C  G7\r\nSo we merrily put to sea\r\n       C\r\nAnd we left all the crew of the junk to chew\r\n       G7          C\r\nOn the bark of the rubabug tree\r\n \r\n   { CHORUS }\r\n      C\r\n      So, blow ye winds, heigh-ho\r\n        F          G7   C\r\n      A-sailing we will go\r\n                   G7   C  F         C\r\n      I'll stay no more on England's shore\r\n         F   C   G7 C  G7\r\n      So let the music play\r\n          C\r\n      I'm off for the morning train\r\n         F         G7     C\r\n      To cross the raging main\r\n                    G7   C      F      C\r\n      I'm off to my love with a boxing glove\r\n          F        G7    C\r\n      Ten thousand miles away<\/pre>\n<div class=\"vxv2A\">X<\/div>\n<pre class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Misc Traditional &nbsp; [Verse 1] C A capital ship for an ocean trip G7 C Was the &#8220;Walloping Window Blind&#8221; F D7 G No wind that blew dismayed her crew Am D7 G Or troubled the captain&#8217;s mind C The man at the wheel was made to feel F C &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/capital-ship-a\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Capital Ship, 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