I am the Captain of the Pinafore

Captain: I am the Captain of the Pinafore!

All: And a right good Captain, too!

Captain: You’re very, very good,

And, be it understood,

He commands a right good crew.

All: We’re very, very good,

And, be it understood,

He commands a right good crew.

Captain: Though related to a peer,

I can hand, reef, and steer,

Or ship a selvagee;

AlI: I am never known to quail

At the fury of a gale,

And I’m never, never sick at sea!

All: What, never?

Captain: No, never?

All: What, never?

Captain: Hardly ever?

All: He’s hardly ever sick at sea.

Then give three cheers, and one cheer more,

For the hardy Captain of the Pinafore!

Then give three cheers, and one cheer more,

For the Captain of the Pinafore.

Captain: I do my best to satisfy you all –

All: And with you we’re quite content.

Captain: You’re exceedingly polite,

And I think it only right

To return the compliment.

All: We’re exceedingly polite,

And he thinks it only right

To return the compliment.

Captain: Bad language or abuse,

I never, never use,

Whatever the emergencey;

Though “bother it”, I may

Occasionally say,

I never use a big, big D –

All: What, never?

Captain: No, never!

All: What, never?

Captain: Hardly ever!

All: Hardly ever swears a big, big D –

Then give three cheers, and one cheer more,

For the well-bred Captain of the Pinafore!

Then give three cheers, and one cheer more,

For the Captain of the Pinafore.