====== #1186 - Oceana Roll ======
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  *Composer:
    *Lucien Denni (1886-1947), 1911
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  *[[:incipit]]: 51316211311156156156315
  *[[:incipit|Condensed Incipit]]: 51316213156156156315
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  *++Lyrics:|\\
Billy McCoy\\
Was a musical boy\\
On the cruiser Alabama\\
He was there at that piana\\
Like a fish down in the sea\\
He would rattle off some harmony,\\
Ev'ry night out on the ocean\\
He would get that raggy notion\\
Start that syncopated motion lovingly,\\
No one could sleep\\
Way out there on the deep\\
When Billy cut loose out at sea.\\
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[Refrain]\\
Each fish and worm\\
Begins to twist and squirm\\
The ship goes in a dip\\
And does a corkscrew turn,\\
You see that smoke so black\\
Sneak from that old smokestack?\\
It's floatin' right to heaven\\
And it won't come back.\\
Now here and there\\
You'll see a stool and chair\\
A-slippin' round the cabin\\
Sayin' "I don't care!"\\
Then the hammock starts a-swingin'\\
And the bell begins a-ringin'\\
While he's sittin' at that piana\\
There on the Alabama\\
Playin' the Oceana Roll!\\
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England or Spain\\
It was always the same\\
He'd be there at that piana\\
On the cruiser Alabama\\
Ev'ry morning, noon and night\\
He would keep it up with all his might,\\
Ev'ry time he'd start a-playin'\\
All the boys would start a-swayin'\\
Ev'ry one would keep on sayin' "Don't you stop!"\\
Sailors take care\\
Oh, sailors beware\\
For Bill will play on 'til you drop!\\
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    *Roger Lewis, 1911