Sir Bodsworth Rugglesby III

Lyrics

Act I
 Well do you get the itching to
 trek about the latitudes?
 you do?
 well, likely you're a chip off old Sir Rugglesby
 oh, he was quite the sporting sort
 behind his cup of tea he'd snort,
 "I'll wager on the line
 ten thousand pounds and five
 I'm the only man who'll ever get to hell and come back alive."
 Act II
 Now in the fall of '49
 he skipped across the seven brine
 this time looking for a berth in naval history
 "Twas never heard nor seen again
 officially presumed as dead
 but the words he left behind
 still echo through my mind:
 "I'm the only man who'll ever get to hell and come back alive."
 he's the only man who'd ever get to hell and come back alive.
 So off he went around the world...
 Intermission
 Act III
 Then one night while tripping down the English coast
 the moon was whiter than a ghost almost
 when I heard a voice yell through a megaphone
 and thereupon the midnight sea
 a signal lamp signaled me
 I could feel my blood run cold
 as the message did decode:
 "I'm the only man who'll ever get to hell and come back alive."
 well who else could it be
 but good old Rugglesby?
 he's the only man who'd ever get to hell and come back alive.
 yes he's the only man (he's the only one)
 who's ever gone and been (who's been and gone)
 to hell and come back
 hell and come
 to hell and come back alive.
 The End

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Song Details

Duration
03:38
Key
6
Tempo
134 BPM

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