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The Chivalrous Shark

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Four years of hard work!

This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!

[Verse 1]
G D7
The most chivalrous fish of the ocean
G
To ladies forebearing and mild
C
Though his record be dark
G
Is the man-eating shark
D7 G
Who will eat neither woman nor child.

[Verse 2]
G D7
He dines upon seamen and skippers,
G
And tourists his hunger assuage,
C
And a fresh cabin boy
G
Will inspire him with joy
D7 G
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
C
But the ladies, God bless 'em,
G
He'll only address 'em
D7 G
Politely and go on his way.

[Verse 4]
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I can readily cite you an instance
G
Where a lovely young lady of Breem,
C
Who was tender and sweet
G
And delicious to eat,
D7 G
Fell into the bay with a scream.

[Verse 5]
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She struggled and flounced in the water
G
And signaled in vain for her bark,
C
And she'd surely been drowned
G
If she hadn't been found
D7 G
By a chivalrous man-eating shark.

[Verse 6]
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He bowed in a manner most polished,
G
Thus soothing her impulses wild;
C
Don't be frightened," he said,
G
"I've been properly bred
D7 G
And will eat neither woman nor child."

[Verse 7]
G D7
Then he proffered his fin and she took it—
G
Such a gallantry none can dispute—
C
While the passengers cheered as the
G
Vessel they neared
D7 G
And a broadside was fired in salute.

[Verse 8]
G D7
And they stood alongside the vessel,
G
When a life-saving dinghy was lowered
C
With the pick of the crew,
G
And her relatives, too
D7 G
And the mate and the skipper aboard.

[Verse 9]
G D7
So they took her aboard in a jiffy,
G
And the shark stood at attention the while,
C
Then he raised on his flipper
G
And ate up the skipper
D7 G
And went on his way with a smile.

[Verse 10]
G D7
And this shows that the prince of the ocean,
G
To ladies forebearing and mild,
C
Though his record be dark,
G
He's the man-eating shark
D7 G
Who will eat neither woman nor child.