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A song dedicated to the Officers of Ship Capitol.

Here we come two hundred strong
By oppression held to long
On the Sea for six months cast
May we never forget the past.

In [[underlined]]forty nine[[/underlined]] we one and all
Embarked on board [[underlined]]Ship Capitol[[/underlined]]
For Golden regions far away
In [[underlined]]Upper Califoria[[/underlined]]

A few brief facts we will recite
And give the world some truth and light
For strange things happen while you roam
They'll do to tell when you get home.

Thee waves regardless oft did toss
Between Decks that old revirend [[underlined]]horse[[/underlined]]
T'was in [[underlined]]eighteen hundred thirty six[[/underlined]]
He gave his last effectualkicks

If Raphael had but lived among
His Profile e're this would hung;
On the broad [[underlined]]Pacific's[[/underlined]] mirrored blue
That future wanderers might him view,

The voice of mortals of't did rouse
Half furnished creatures to [[underlined]]Lob Scouse[/underlined]]
Oh! what a dish! Ye Gourmands stare-
Composed of [[underlined]]Hardbread Beef and Hair[[/underlined]]

A down the hatch a perfect rush
Proclaims the tidings [[underlined]]" Here's[[/underlined]] your [[underlined]]Mush"[[/underlined]]
Our appetites unsatisfied
Devours it as if [[underlined]]ratified[[/underlined]]

Some fifteen years ago I ween
The [[underlined]]farmers[[/underlined]] sown an aged bean
And from the vines a [[underlined]]crop[[/underlined]] did scoop
We've had them often here for [[underlined]]soup[[/underlined]]