Chourre (ARV 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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I 'I CHOURRE We came aboard a ship of rust, a ship of dirt, I decay and dust. From stem to stern, fore and 1 V aft: She didn't even have a raft. Her guns I were gone, Her paint was beat. She looked I . like Bonapartes' retreat. Yes, She was a horrible I I sightg A regular Bos'ns Mates delight ------- I ------ The Chiefs they howled and yelled and I I cussed, And many a Seaman bit the dust ------ I I, . 1, 'll ak I I I I to I I. I I I Slow but sure the work was done. And looking y back it was kind of fun. ------ Now the men II . . I are set the stores are ong We wait to sail at I I break of dawn. I I I Ii fi I The Zoomies', had but one decision. To work with the First and Second division. -I ----- There were moans and groans and the Bos,ns laughed. The paint it flew from fore and aft. Test the whistle. the word was passed. The siren screamed but no whistle blast ------- -11- I

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