Shirley Collins

The Captain with the Whiskers

Ian Kearey, Al Scott, Shirley Collins, Thomas Haynes Bayley, Alfred Mullen, Dave Arthur, Pete Cooper

They marched through the streets with their banners so gay

I went to the window to hear the band play

I peeped through the blinds very cautiously then

Lest the neighbours should say I was looking at the men

I heard the drum beat and the music so sweet

But my eyes just then had a much finer treat

The troops were the finest that ever I did see

And the captain with the whiskers took a sly glance at me

When we met at the ball, I of course thought it right

To pretend that we never had met before that night

But he knew me at once, I could tell by his glance

And I hung down my head when he asked me to dance

He stayed by my side at the end of the set

And the sweet words he spoke I shall never forget

My heart was enlisted and could not get free

When the captain with the whiskers took a sly glance at me

Now they’ve marched from the town and I saw him no more

But I think of him often and the whiskers he wore

And I dream all the night and I think all the day

Of the love of the captain who’s gone far away

I hold in my mind how my heart skipped with glee

When the captain with the whiskers took a sly glance at me

I remember with superabundant delight

How we met at the ball and we danced all the night

Auf welchen Alben wurde das Lied “The Captain with the Whiskers” von Shirley Collins veröffentlicht?: Shirley Collins hat das Lied auf den Alben “Harking Back” im Jahr 1998 und “Within Sound” im Jahr 2002 veröffentlicht.
Wer hat das Lied “The Captain with the Whiskers” von Shirley Collins komponiert?: Das Lied “The Captain with the Whiskers” von Shirley Collins wurde von Ian Kearey, Al Scott, Shirley Collins, Thomas Haynes Bayley, Alfred Mullen, Dave Arthur, Pete Cooper komponiert.