ALCYONE CIRCLE
Rally 1968
The Griffins
the Rally
| 1. | We’re going to have a lovely Rally Let’s hope the weather will be fine Let’s go on drinking everyone Not too much sinking But get us all to sea in time |
| We’re going to have a lovely Rally Spruced up and looking in our prime Cormorants like Finke Not another stinker But get us all to sea in time |
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| 2. | We’re going to sail there in the morning Let’s hope the weather will be fine Don’t bother Gunning We’ll make the running But get us to the start on time |
| We’ve got to be there in the morning Spruced up and going for the line Over to Zierikzee Oh, what a sight to see But get us to the start on time |
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| If we are rolling, you’ll know the sign If we are swimming, throw us a line For we’re going sailing in the morning Let’s hope the weather will be fine Kick up a rumpus But don’t lose the compass And get us to the start get us to the start Be sure to get us to the start on time |
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| 3. | We’re going to have a lovely Rally Let’s hope the weather will be fine Alcyone’s getting Such an awful wetting But get us all to sea in time |
| If we are sailing, don’t be surprised If we are mot’ring, we won’t be despised For we’re going to have a lovely Rally Let’s hope the weather will be fine Follow Caecilia Banckert will kill ya But get us all to sea get us all to sea Be sure and get us all to sea in time |
| SOLO | (Dick) |
| solo1. | We’ve got an automatic pilot And roller reefin gear We’ve got lecture from the Captain And lots and lots of beer We’ve got a first-class galley And a girl to light the gas |
| chorus | But what ain’t we got? We aint’ got wind |
| solo2. | We’ve got lifeboats by the score And sails of terylene We’ve got an aluminium bowsprit And the latest D.F. gear We’ve got a place to put the toothbrush And a place to put the ice |
| chorus | But what ain’t we got? We aint’ got wind |
With a little bit of luck
| 1. | The Valentijns gave us a boat of iron To see if we could sail against the tide The Valentijns gave us a boat of iron |
) ) Robert ) |
| But with a little bit of luck with a little bit of luck |
) ) chorus |
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| A diesel engine gives a better ride | ) Robert | |
| With a little bit, with a little bit With a little bit of luck you’ve nought to hide. |
) ) chorus |
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| 2. | The Alcyone Circle is a wonder Van der Ploeg, Van Marle and the lot The Alcyone Circle is a wonder |
) ) Tiny ) |
| But with a little bit of luck with a little bit of luck |
) ) chorus |
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| You won’t have any wood to go to rot | ) Tiny | |
| With a little bit, with a little bit With a little bit of luck you won’t have rot. |
) ) chorus |
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| 3. | Oh you can sail the seas and oceans But with a little bit of luck you’ll run aground The Delta plan was made for us to rally If it wasn’t then at least it’s not our fault The Delta plan was made for us to rally |
) ) Robert ) ) ) |
| But with a little bit of luck with a little bit of luck |
) ) chorus |
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| It’s just the same without a bit of salt | ) Robert | |
| With a little bit, with a little bit With a little bit of luck you won’t get salt With a little bit, with a little bit With a little bit of blooming salt |
) ) chorus ) ) |
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| 4. | The crewman’s life is harder than you think A life of pain and constant dilligence The crewman’s life is harder than you think |
) ) Dick ) |
| But with a little bit of luck with a little bit of luck |
) ) chorus |
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| You can go below and act quite sick | ) Dick | |
| With a little bit, with a little bit With a little bit of luck you won’t get sick With a little bit, with a little bit With a little bit of blooming luck |
) ) chorus ) ) |
Encore
| 1. | Mud, mud, glorious mud Nothing quite like it for colling the blood So follow me, follow down to the hollow And there let us wallow In glorious mud. |
| 2. | Wind, wind, glorious wind Should we expect it from food that’s been tinned? So sail with me sailro, to hell with the gaoler And there you’ll look paler, with glorious wind. |
