UNSINKABLE SAM the navy cat

In nineteen hundred and forty-one
the Bismarck sailed under the gun
the greatest ship the Nazis had
within ten days it all went bad
she won her battle but went down
two thousand men aboard were drowned
but her ship's cat was found before
clinging to an oaken board

Sam Sam Sam
the most unsinkable Sam
the cat with nine lives
who always survives
the unsunk unsinkable Sam
the most unsinkable Sam
Sam Sam Sam Sam Sam Sam Sam

so Sam changed o'er to England's side
on HMS Cossack he did ride
they sailed upon the Sea of Med
with the Limeys and the dead
but then the U-Boats sank her too
and Sam was saved yet once anew
debarked upon Gibraltar Rock
from there to serve aboard the Ark

Sam Sam Sam
the most unsinkable Sam
the cat with nine lives
who always survives
the unsunk unsinkable Sam
the most unsinkable Sam
Sam Sam Sam Sam Sam Sam Sam

the Ark Royal was tried and true
but the torpedoes found her too
Gibraltar's gov'ner took him in
and sent him back to old England
the Home for Sailors in Belfast
was where he ended up at last
and there he died so peacefully
between the Devil and the deep blue sea

Sam Sam Sam
the most unsinkable Sam
the cat with nine lives
who always survives
the unsunk unsinkable Sam
the most unsinkable Sam
Sam Sam Sam Sam Sam Sam Sam

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