Skipper Jan Rebek

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Now who’s the king of the fighting Dutch

Skipper Jan Rebek

And who do the sailors fear so much

Skipper Jan Rebek

 

And it’s Ja Ja, leave your hammocks

Ja Ja, hands on deck

Ja Ja, break your backs for skipper Jan Rebek

 

Now who can furl the main topsail

Skipper Jan Rebek

All by himself in a living gale

Skipper Jan Rebek

 

And it’s Ja Ja, leave your hammocks

Ja Ja, hands on deck

Ja Ja, break your backs for skipper Jan Rebek

 

Now who bought all the tea in China

Skipper Jan Rebek

Then sold it all in Carolina

Skipper Jan Rebek

 

And it’s Ja Ja, leave your hammocks

Ja Ja, hands on deck

Ja Ja, break your backs for skipper Jan Rebek

 

And when he got a ship of his own

Skipper Jan Rebek

‘Twas brute force kept him on the throne

Skipper Jan Rebek

 

And it’s Ja Ja, leave your hammocks

Ja Ja, hands on deck

Ja Ja, break your backs for skipper Jan Rebek

 

Now who can dring his weight in beer

Skipper Jan Rebek

And who has two baths every year

Skipper Jan Rebek

 

And it’s Ja Ja, leave your hammocks

Ja Ja, hands on deck

Ja Ja, break your backs for skipper Jan Rebek

 

Who sleeps with four girls every night

Skipper Jan Rebek

One black, one yellow, one red, one white

Skipper Jan Rebek

 

And it’s Ja Ja, leave your hammocks

Ja Ja, hands on deck

Ja Ja, break your backs for skipper Jan Rebek

 

Now who’s the king of the fighting Dutch

Skipper Jan Rebek

And who do the sailors fear so much

Skipper Jan Rebek

 

And it’s Ja Ja, leave your hammocks

Ja Ja, hands on deck

Ja Ja, break your backs for skipper Jan Rebek

And it’s Ja Ja, leave your hammocks

Ja Ja, hands on deck

Ja Ja, break your backs for skipper Jan Rebek