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Verse: 1
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The most chivalrous fish of the ocean
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To ladies forebearing and mild
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Though his record be dark
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Is the man-eating shark
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Who will eat neither woman nor child.
Verse: 2
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He dines upon seamen and skippers,
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And tourists his hunger assuage,
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And a fresh cabin boy
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Will inspire him with joy
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If he's past the maturity age.
Verse: 3
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A doctor, a lawyer, a preacher,
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He'll gobble one any fine day
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But the ladies, God bless 'em,
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He'll only address 'em
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Politely and go on his way.
Verse: 4
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I can readily cite you an instance
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Where a lovely young lady of Breem,
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Who was tender and sweet
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And delicious to eat,
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Fell into the bay with a scream.
Verse: 5
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She struggled and flounced in the water
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And signaled in vain for her bark,
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And she'd surely been drowned
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If she hadn't been found
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By a chivalrous man-eating shark.
Verse: 6
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He bowed in a manner most polished,
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Thus soothing her impulses wild;
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Don't be frightened,' he said,
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'I've been properly bred
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And will eat neither woman nor child.'
Verse: 7
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Then he proffered his fin and she took it?
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Such a gallantry none can dispute?
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While the passengers cheered as the
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Vessel they neared
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And a broadside was fired in salute.
Verse: 8
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And they stood alongside the vessel,
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When a life-saving dinghy was lowered
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With the pick of the crew,
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And her relatives, too
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And the mate and the skipper aboard.
Verse: 9
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So they took her aboard in a jiffy,
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And the shark stood at attention the while,
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Then he raised on his flipper
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And ate up the skipper
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And went on his way with a smile.
Verse: 10
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And this shows that the prince of the ocean,
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To ladies forebearing and mild,
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Though his record be dark,
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He's the man-eating shark
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Who will eat neither woman nor child.