“A Capital Ship”
Description
Parody of fo'c'sle song; describes miserable conditions on the "Walloping Window Blind," including descriptions of the officers. They are stranded for a time on the "Gulliby Isles"; they commandeer a Chinese junk and escape, leaving its crew on the island
Notes
This is basically a nonsense parody of "Ten Thousand Miles Away"; I suspect it was composed by some collegiate character in the 1890s or so. - PJS
Except for the date (I believe it's somewhat earlier that that), that seems indeed to be the story. - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "Ten Thousand Miles Away" (tune)
- cf. "Ho for California (Banks of Sacramento)" (tune)
References
- Silber-FSWB, p. 243, "A Capital Ship" (1 text)
- DT, CAPSHIP
- BI, FSWB243