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When Fred'ric Was a Little Lad

When Fredrick was a little lad
he proved so brave and daring
his father thought he'd 'prentice him
to some career sea-faring.

I was, alas, his nursery maid,
and so it fell to my lot
to take and bind this promising boy
apprentice to a pilot.

a life not bad for a hardy lad.
Though surely not a high lot.
Though I'm a nurse,
you might do worse,
than make your boy a pilot.

I was a stupid nursery maid,
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on breakers always steering.
And I did not catch the word a'right
for being hard of hearing.

Mistaking my instructions, which
within my brain did gyrate,
I took and bound thhis promising boy
apprentice to a pirate.

A sad mistake
it was to make!
And doom him to your vile lot!
I bound him to
a pirate - you! (points to pirate king)
instead of to a pilot!