tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post1455682504355654293..comments2024-03-29T09:13:55.008+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: Captain GinjahLabanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-68311441498006754662018-05-31T21:54:03.404+00:002018-05-31T21:54:03.404+00:00You've missed a complete verse!
When I look b...You've missed a complete verse!<br /><br />When I look back and think, tut-tut what sport I've had,<br />In certain quarters I'm afraid my reputation's bad!<br />While strolling through the park, or riding in the Row,<br />I merely have to be polite to ladies whom I know.<br />"Ah Countess, how-de-do!", I knew her when a girl,<br />Sang in comic opera long before she met the Earl.<br />And there's the Duchess, oh, I nearly made a fluke,<br />We never speak as we pass by, it might upset the Duke!<br />The Trouvèreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11815014943476842163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1782656205740579582009-07-09T03:13:24.318+00:002009-07-09T03:13:24.318+00:00I think the missing words in the refrain of Captai...I think the missing words in the refrain of Captain Ginjah, represented by the multiple question marks, are 'peace or war'. It's a great old ditty that I used to sing my daughter as a baby. Paul D, SydneyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-75829803879101189022009-01-27T21:00:00.000+00:002009-01-27T21:00:00.000+00:00"Small island", nothing.Seventh biggest in the wor..."Small island", nothing.<BR/><BR/>Seventh biggest in the world, I think you'll find.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-27044999374589406862009-01-27T10:55:00.000+00:002009-01-27T10:55:00.000+00:00And some of the "upper class twits" really did per...And some of the "upper class twits" really did perform prodigies of valour. I particularly love the midshipman who was captured by the French (aged about 11); gave his parole until he decided he could speak the language well enough to pass; gave back his parole and made his way back to rejoin his ship. <BR/><BR/>He survived to become a mentor of Admiral Fisher.<BR/><BR/>Maybe the French thought it would be mean not to let him get away with it, but still v. impressive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com