Chip

Chip worked as a boatwright
 As his father and his gran'
 I'm working in a boatyard
 Building on the River Thames
 One day chip was hard at work
 The devil appeared from hell
 He held a roll of copper
 And a bucket full of nails
 The devil said unto chip
 Take these nails and copper roll
 But you also have to take this rat
 And I will take your soul
 Chip despised the rat
 And the rat squealed and hissed
 But the bucket o' nails and copper
 Were too much to resist
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 Chip went straight to work
 He'd get rid of the rat
 And there would not be a problem
 With his death after the fact
 But the devil rat wouldn't die
 No matter how hard he tried
 The rat attacked the boatwright
 And he bit him in the eye
 It seemed as if the river rats
 Fell under Satan's spell
 They followed chip around
 And made his life a living hell
 He slowly lost his mind
 He lost his family
 He lost his job
 And had to join the Kings' Navy
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 A lemon grows a pip
 A yard will build a ship
 As Satan is my master
 I will get you chip
 A lemon grows a pip
 A yard will build a ship
 As Satan is my master-
 I'm gonna get you
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 The rats chased chip
 Up the gangplank of the ship
 And they bit him and they tortured him
 Until he finally flipped
 He sniveled to the captain
 To turn around the rig
 The captain spied his madness
 And chucked him in the brig
 The devil rat had his man
 He knew just what to do
 He'd command the rats
 And through the planks they'd chew
 The water rushed in
 And the ship went down
 She was smashed around the rocks
 On which the rats danced around
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 A lemon grows a pip
 A yard will build a ship
 As Satan is my master
 I will get you chip
 A lemon grows a pip
 A yard will build a ship
 As Satan is my master
 I will get you chip
 A lemon grows a pip
 A yard will build a ship
 As Satan is my master
 I will get you chip
 A lemon grows a pip
 A yard will build a ship
 As Satan is my master-
 I'll get you chip