He wore a shining overcoat;

He hummed and grumbled in his throat—

Yo-ho! the wild winds blow!

This bold June-bug he said, said he:—

"Yo-ho, my lads, yo-ho!

A pirate's life is the life for me!

Yo-ho, my lads, yo-ho!"

He roamed about the ocean blue

And bossed his rumbling, stumbling crew,

And sought for wicked things to do.

Yo-ho, the wild winds blow!

Now when a June-bug heaves in sight—

Yo-ho, my lads, yo-ho!

You'll notice it is full of fight—

Yo-ho, my lads, yo-ho!

When it sails by, with curve and dip,

And strikes the wall with bang and "bip!"

It's dreaming of its pirate ship—

Yo-ho, the wild winds blow!

Yo-ho!

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