The Atomic Cruiser Squadron
A Space Chantie for Tom Corbett, Space Cadet
(based on the original ballad the Armoured Cruiser Squadron)
Revised Words (C) 1997 by Dansen T. Stahl
Chorus:
- Away, Away, with ray and gun,
here we come, eyes to Sun,
looking for someone on the run.
The 'Tomic Cruiser Squadron!
Rounds
- Here's to the cruisers of the fleet,
so goldurn fast they're hard to beat.
The battleships they may be fine
but for me a cruiser every time.
- They talk about the scores they make
and all the records that they break
but when the practice comes around
the battleship cannot be found.
- The Pegasus and Cho Wa Li,
the finest ships in space so free,
have come from Mars just to be
in the 'Tomic Cruiser Squadron.
- We are the boys who shoot ten inch
or anything else when we're in a pinch.
Gee, but the battleship are a cinch
for the 'Tomic Cruiser Squadron.
- Nine battleships forming a line
near Ceres docks look mighty fine
but for me a cruiser every time
in the 'Tomic Cruiser Squadron.
- Here's to the cruiser days gone by
with a bottle of scotch and a jug of rye.
We'll hope to meet again bye and by
in the 'Tomic Cruiser Squadron.
Adapted
by Cruiser Mate Phillip Henson -- 2059 AD
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