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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]]