Nitro (AE 23) - Naval Cruise Book

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4 'gllfff' ,, E NORTHERN WEDDING '86 7 ISing to the tune of Battle of New Orleans'9 1. In August, '86, we took a little trip To make a NORTHERN WEDDING on our mighty ammo ship. We didn 't have no women and we didn 't have no sex 5 7 v So we crossed the Arctic Circle in the search of Boreas Rex. T I Chorus 12 Chorus 1: They flashed their noses, and we all started lau hin' 5 i 8' They didn 't look as happy as they did a while ago. They flashed once more and we began a runnin' E On down the port side main deck to the after Bosh hold. E 2. We looked down the port side and we seen the XO's nose, And he must have had all 14 of 'em draggin' out a hose. i E They looked real mean and we started runnin' slow. i We ran in groups of twenty just to keep from gettin' cold. 'T K Chorus 21 , Chorus 2: They Bred their hose and we thought they were funnin' There wasn 't no one laughin' like there was a while ago. They Hred once more and we began a runnin? 5 On down the port side mam deck to the after Bos'n hold. 3. The X O said, We can take 'em by surprise EW1 Ragsdale, MS2 Stiennon If we don 't Hre our hoses 'til we look 'em in the eye. A meal Ht for a Scalawag. They held their Hre 'til our noses blued a bit, Then they opened up their hoses and they really gave us . . . K Chorus 2, Sub- Verse! Q Sub- Verse: Yeah, we ran up the starboard side and ran past the cables And we ran through the reefers, where a Bluenose wouldn 't go. We ran so fast that the Noses couldn 't catch us, On down the port side main deck to the after Bos 'n Full Scottish Dress hold. 2 F N 5 I s I 4. They Hred their hoses 'til the Ere main went down, V So they rigged a P-250 pump and fought another round. ' n ,. They rigged the Hre hoses and they added gasoline, F And when they pulled the starter cord, it really sounded mean. 5 fChorus 2, Sub- Versej 5 Coda: Hut, two, three, four, Blue Nose, three four. Hut, two, three, four, Blue Nose . . . f Q 5. r I r E E, i E 5 E f So, this is what its like waiting in line. HMI Villareal CDR Stillmaker 9 E - . . , Ye- . ,. -f 1-new .. .rw-:-fwfr uff:f- 'f:r:ff'i1f:f1'fvf:i:::f'-7': z'fi'11rr'T'Y fT -fT'7TTIv'- 'ffff'T'. 7 T.'1TA1'? ' ' ? 'T77T -A .7 .1 'id F, -::W..,ZIi14 ,yw,,w,i,,w,WM,V.,,,,-,T,:.,,,,,,..,. mm ., . ws--f . ,. . 'T . 1 ef. , mv 4 .

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