It caused quite a stir when the Captain arrived To ‘find out the cause of the trouble' And every man there, all excepting Old Sam, Was full of excitement and bubble. (Stanley Holloway)

It caused quite a stir when the Captain arrived To ‘find out the cause of the trouble' And every man there, all excepting Old Sam, Was full of excitement and bubble.

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