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Victoria University College. Extravaganza "KYD". 3rd, 5th and 6th May, 1930

Act 2. — Pirates' Shanty: — "When I was a Nipper."

Act 2.

Pirates' Shanty:

"When I was a Nipper."

Solo: When I was a nipper just fresh from school,
All: (With a heigh and a ho and a dandy-oh!)
Solo: I longed for the sea like a silly young fool,
But I never had drunk a shandy—

All: (Oh! a ricketty hicketty dandy-oh!)
Solo: So I went to the captain of the "Dandy" bark,
All: (With a heigh and a ho and a dandy-oh!)
Solo: And I said, "Will you take me, sir, for a lark?
For I'm strong and very handy—"

All: (Oh! a ricketty hicketty dandy-oh!)
Solo: So the captain he winked at his pals in glee,
All: (With a heigh and a ho and a dandy-oh!)
Solo. And he said, ."If you'll drink as much as me,
I'll allow you to sail on the 'Dandy'."

All: (Oh! a ricketty hicketty dandy-oh!)
Solo. So he tossed off a glass, and he said, "That's one!"
All: (With a heigh and a ho and a dandy-oh!)
Solo. And I swallowed another as he had done,
And, would you believe, it was brandy—

All: (Oh! a ricketty hicketty dandy-oh!)
Solo So he tossed off another, and he said, "That's two!"
All: (With a heigh and a ho and a dandy-oh!)

Solo: But to manage a second was all I could do,
For by then I was feeling bandy—
All: [Oh! a ricketty hicketty dandy-oh!)
Solo: So he tossed off another and he looked at me
All: (With a heigh and a ho and a dandy-oh!)
Solo: But—I was sick in a ship at sea;
Oh, then I was young and sandy.
All: (Oh! a ricketty hicketty dandy-oh!)