115th Dream

     (G)     (C)/g     (G) 
I was riding on the Mayflower 
When I thought I spied some land 
I yelled for Captain Arab 
I have yuh understand 
        (C) 
Who came running to the deck 
Said, "Boys, forget the whale 
 (G) 
Look on over yonder 
Cut the engine, change the sail 
 (D) 
Haul on the bowline" 
We sang that melody 
    (G) 
Like all tough sailors do 
When they are far away at sea 
 
   (G)        (C)/g       (G) 
"I think I‘ll call it America" 
I said as we hit land 
I took a deep breath 
I fell down, I could not stand 
 (C) 
Captain Arab he started 
Writing up some deeds 
          (G) 
He said, "Let‘s set up a fort 
And start buying the place with beads" 
    (D) 
Just then this cop comes down the street 
Crazy as a loon 
  (G) 
He throw us all in jail 
For carryin‘ harpoons 
 
  (G)   (C)/g     (G) 
Ah me I busted out 
Don‘t even ask me how 
I went to get some help 
I walked by a Guernsey cow 
   (C) 
Who directed me down 
To the Bowery slums 
     (G) 
Where people carried signs around 
Saying, "Ban the bums" 
        (D) 
I jumped right into line 
Sayin‘, "I hope that I‘m not late" 
      (G) 
When I realized I hadn‘t eaten 
For five days straight 
 
 (G)     (C)/g   (G) 
I went into a restaurant 
Lookin‘ for the cook 
I told them I was the editor 
Of a famous etiquette book 
   (C) 
The waiter he was handsome 
He wore a powder blue cape 
 (G) 
I ordered some suzette, I said 
"Could you please make that crepe" 
    (D) 
Just then the whole kitchen exploded 
From boilin‘ fat 
 (G) 
Food was flying everywhere 
And I left without my hat 
 
      (G)     (C)/g         (G) 
Now, I didn‘t mean to be nosy 
But I went into a bank 
To get some bail for Arab 
And all the boys back in the tank 
    (C) 
They asked me for some collateral 
And I pulled down my pants 
    (G) 
They threw me in the alley 
When up comes this girl from France 
     (D) 
Who invited me to her house 
I went, but she had a friend 
   (G) 
Who knocked me out and robbed my boots 
And I was on the street again 
 
       (G)      (C)/g    (G) 
Well, I rapped upon a house 
With the U.S. flag upon display 
I said, "Could you help me out 
I got some friends down the way" 
   (C) 
The man says, "Get out of here 
I‘ll tear you limb from limb" 
         (G) 
I said, "You know they refused Jesus, too" 
He said, "You‘re not Him 
   (D) 
Get out of here before I break your bones 
I ain‘t your pop" 
    (G) 
I decided to have him arrested 
And I went looking for a cop 
 
 (G)   (C)/g      (G) 
I ran right outside 
And I hopped inside a cab 
I went out the other door 
This Englishman said, "Fab" 
     (C) 
As he saw me leap a hot dog stand 
And a chariot that stood 
 (G) 
Parked across from a building 
Advertising brotherhood 
 (D) 
I ran right through the front door 
Like a hobo sailor does 
          (G) 
But it was just a funeral parlor 
And the man asked me who I was 
 
 (G)       (C)/g      (G) 
I repeated that my friends 
Were all in jail, with a sigh 
He gave me his card 
He said, "Call me if they die" 
 (C) 
I shook his hand and said goodbye 
Ran out to the street 
      (G) 
When a bowling ball came down the road 
And knocked me off my feet 
 (D) 
(A) pay phone was ringing 
It just about blew my mind 
      (G) 
When I picked it up and said hello 
This foot came through the line 
 
       (G)        (C)/g    (G) 
Well,by this time I was fed up 
At tryin‘ to make a stab 
At bringin‘ back any help 
For my friends and Captain Arab 
    (C) 
I decided to nip a coin 
Like either heads or tails 
     (G) 
Would let me know if I should go 
Back to ship or back to jail 
    (D) 
So I hocked my sailor suit 
And I got a coin to flip 
  (G) 
It came up tails it rhymed with sails 
So I made it back to the ship 
 
     (G)    (C)/g       (G) 
Well, I got back and took 
The parkin‘ ticket off the mast 
I was ripping it to shreds 
When this coastguard boat went past 
 (C) 
They asked me my name 
And I said, "Captain Kidd" 
       (G) 
They believed me but 
They wanted to know 
What exactly that I did 
  (D) 
I said for the Pope of Eruke 
I was employed 
    (G) 
They let me go right away 
They were very paranoid 
 
         (G)     (C)/g        (G) 
Well, the last I heard of Arab 
He was stuck on a whale 
That was married to the deputy 
Sheriff of the jail 
       (C) 
But the funniest thing was 
When I was leavin‘ the bay 
  (G) 
I saw three ships a-sailin‘ 
They were all heading my way 
 (D) 
I asked the captain what his name was 
And how come he didn‘t drive a truck 
  (G) 
He said his name was Columbus 
I just said, "Good luck."