The Admiral's Broom

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When Trump was an admiral brave and bold, the Dutchman's pride was heaped, and he cried And I'll reign on the rolling main as I do on the Zyder Zee, as I do on the Zyder Zee And as he paced his quarter-deck and looked o'er the misty tide, he saw old England like a speck, and he shook his fist and cried, he shook his fist and cried I've a broom at the mouth, said he, for a broom is a sign for me That the world may know wherever I go,

I sweep the mighty sea I've a broom at the mouth, said he, for a broom is a sign for me That the world may know wherever I go, I sweep the mighty sea Now Blake was an admiral true as gold, and he walked by the English sea And when he was told of that Dutchman bold, a merry laugh laughed he, a merry laugh laughed he And he cried, ho, ho, and away we'll go, come aboard merry men with me And we'll drive this Dutchman down below to the bottom of his Zyder Zee,

to the bottom of his Zyder Zee His broom may be trim and gay, but we'll haul it down today When he says he'll sweep the mighty deep, tis a game that two can play His broom may be trim and gay, but we'll haul it down today When he says he'll sweep the mighty deep, tis a game that two can play Then he cried, come here you Dutchman queer, today you must fight with me For while I ride the rolling tide,

I'll be second to none, said he, I'll be second to none, said he So he blazed away at the Dutchman gay, till he made mine here to fall Then he hoisted a whip to the mast of his ship, and cried to his merry men all, he cried to his merry men all I've a whip at the fore, said he, for a whip is a sign for me, that the world may know wherever we go, we ride and rule the sea I've a whip at the fore,

said he, for a whip is a sign for me, that the world may know wherever we go, we ride and rule the sea

Transcribed by AI from the recording above. These are noisy hundred-year-old cylinders, so expect misheard words and the occasional invented line — trust your ears over the text.