Tom: Bb major•
Verse 1
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F
Bb
Eb
was a lad I served a term
As office boy to an attorney's firm
I cleaned the windows and
I swept the floor
C
And I polished up the handle
C
He polished up the handle
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I pol ished up that handle so carefully
Eb
That now I am the ruler
He polished up that handle so carefully
Eb
That now he is the ruler
As office boy I made such a
mark
That they gave me the post
of a junior clerk.
I served the writs with a smile so bland
C
And I copied all the letters
C
He copied all the letters
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I copied all the letters in
a hand so free,
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That now I am the ruler
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Eb
of the Queen's Navy.
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In serving Ritz I made
such a name
That an articled clerk I soon became.
I wore clean collars and a brand
new suit
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F
For the pass examination at the Institute.
For the pass -examination
of the institute.
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That pass -ex amination
did so well for me,
Eb
That now I am the ruler
That pass -examination did so well for me,
Eb
That now he is the ruler
Of legal knowledge I acquired such a grip
That they took me into the partnership,
And that junior partnership, I wean,
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F
Was the only ship I ever had seen.
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F
Was the only ship he ever had seen.
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But that kind of ship so suited me,
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That now I am the ruler
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Eb
Bb
of the Queen's Navy.
I grew so rich that I was sent
By a pocket -burrow into Parliament.
I always voted at my party's call,
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F
I never thought of thinking for myself at all.
C
He never thought of thinking for
Bb
I thought so little, they rewarded me
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By making me the ruler
He thought so little, they rewarded him
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By making him the ruler
Now, landsmen all, whoever you may be,
If you want to rise to the top of the tree,
If your soul isn't fettered
to an office stool,
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Stick close to your desks
and never go to sea,
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And you all may be rulers
Stick close to your desks
and never go to sea,
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And you all may be rulers
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Eb
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of the Queen's Navy.
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Eb
...will I hold that on the seas,
the expression, if you please,
a particularly gentlemanly
tone implants.
And so do his sisters
and his cousins
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