Humbug
The Three Johns
I've been on strike with the angels
I've been in submarine employ
Called a coward here
Hailed a hero there
I've been here, there and underwear
I speak very heathenish
In a motley suit on a tame merchant ship
All these ideas spread into fierceness
Oh there's officers and then there's the men, sah!
All these bones can be studied
And this skin bag holds water
Elevated, holding on by a shroud
And is this picture proud?
There is a firmness there
And it's all humbug
Charlie said it is all humbug
It's the story of Hercules and the whale
And Osirion and the dolphin
Yet I damn it all with facts
For all that
And it's all humbug
Charlie said it is all humbug
I reckon I'll heed the calling
And strike the sun that insulted me
If he's the master
Then I'm your man