<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Parody of I am the Captain of the Pinafore from H.M.S. Pinafore]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">More Gilbert and Sullivan at last, this time from <em>HMS Pinafore</em> (and not a patter song); original lyrics and MIDI at <a href="http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/pinafore/web_opera/pin04.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/pinafore/web_opera/pin04.html</a>.</p>
<p dir="auto">CAPTAIN:   I am the Captain of the Cloudwalker!</p>
<p dir="auto">CREW:   And a right good captain too!</p>
<p dir="auto">CAPTAIN:   You’re very, very good:</p>
<p dir="auto">   At last I’ve understood</p>
<p dir="auto">   That a ship requires a crew.</p>
<p dir="auto">CREW:   We’ve very, very good:</p>
<p dir="auto">   At last he’s understood</p>
<p dir="auto">   That a ship requires a crew.</p>
<p dir="auto">CAPTAIN:   I cannot abide Lord Fear.</p>
<p dir="auto">   I can skilfully steer –</p>
<p dir="auto">   No jelly-legged babe!</p>
<p dir="auto">   I’m always blessed with wind</p>
<p dir="auto">   Of a favourable kind,</p>
<p dir="auto">   For I’ve never lost my astrolabe!</p>
<p dir="auto">CREW:   What, never?</p>
<p dir="auto">CAPTAIN:   No, never!</p>
<p dir="auto">CREW:   What, never?</p>
<p dir="auto">CAPTAIN:   Hardly ever!</p>
<p dir="auto">CREW:   Hardly ever lost his astrolabe!</p>
<p dir="auto">   Then give three cheers, and one cheer more,</p>
<p dir="auto">   For the very careful Captain Nemanor!</p>
<p dir="auto">   Then give three cheers, and one cheer more,</p>
<p dir="auto">   For the careful Captain Nemanor!</p>
<p dir="auto">CAPTAIN:   I do my best to keep all strangers off –</p>
<p dir="auto">CREW:   And with that we’re quite content.</p>
<p dir="auto">CAPTAIN:   But if they are quite polite,</p>
<p dir="auto">   Then I think it only right</p>
<p dir="auto">   To return the compliment.</p>
<p dir="auto">CREW:   But if they are quite polite,</p>
<p dir="auto">   Then he thinks it only right</p>
<p dir="auto">   To return the compliment.</p>
<p dir="auto">CAPTAIN:   Within the Game’s domain</p>
<p dir="auto">   I constantly maintain</p>
<p dir="auto">   My strict impartiality,</p>
<p dir="auto">   So, though Lord Fear incense</p>
<p dir="auto">   Me to a rage intense,</p>
<p dir="auto">   I never aid the Pow’rs That Be –</p>
<p dir="auto">CREW:   What, never?</p>
<p dir="auto">CAPTAIN:   No, never!</p>
<p dir="auto">CREW:   What, never?</p>
<p dir="auto">CAPTAIN:   Hardly ever!</p>
<p dir="auto">CREW:   Hardly ever aids the Pow’rs That Be –</p>
<p dir="auto">   Then give three cheers, and one cheer more,</p>
<p dir="auto">   For the staunchly neutral Captain Nemanor!</p>
<p dir="auto">   Then give three cheers, and one cheer more,</p>
<p dir="auto">   For the neutral Captain Nemanor!</p>
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