No. 13 - Song - Reginald and Chorus - "Filibuster Brown"

Lyrics by Adrian Ross

[Reginald:] When I was born my birthmark
was a pirate flag of black,
But nobody's ever seen it,
for I wear it on my back!
I used to sweep the nurs'ry bath,
and the soap-dish brig I sank,
And many a bold Brown Windsor
I have made to walk the plank!
[Men:] And many a bold Brown Windsor
he's made to walk the plank!
And many a bold Brown Windsor
he's made to walk the plank!
[Reginald:] For I'm wiry, fiery Fili-Filibuster Brown,
The demon of the Dover Strait,
the terror of Canning Town!
The captains all quake, they get in a fluster,
They are white as chalk if you should talk of Brown.
[Ladies:] Of Mister Brown,
[Reginald:] Of Mister Brown, of Reggie Brown,
the filibuster, that's me!
[Ensemble:] Oh, have mercy, please
have mercy, Mister Brown!
For you're such a filibuster,
You are, you are!
The captains all quake, they get in a fluster,
When the hear the name of
Filibuster, Filibuster Brown.

[Reginald:] You've heard about the Dreadnought,
she's a tidy little bark,
But she's been to call on Davy Jones,
tho' the papers kept it dark.
I met her and I sank her once
right off the Spanish main,
So they sent out Jacky Fisher
just to fish her up again!
[Men:] So we sent out Jacky Fisher
to fish her up again!
So we sent out Jacky Fisher
to fish her up again!
[Reginald:] For I'm dashing, smashing Fili-Filibuster Brown!
I stuck a boat-hook into her,
and somehow she went right down!
She lost not a man from all of her muster,
For I sav'd the lot, great Percy Scott! I'm Brown.
[Ladies:] I'm Mister Brown,
[Reginald:] I'm Mister Brown, I'm Reggie Brown,
the filibuster, that's me!
[Ensemble:] Oh, have mercy, please
have mercy, Mister Brown!
For you're such a filibuster,
You are, you are!
The captains all quake, they get in a fluster,
When the hear the name of
Filibuster, Filibuster Brown.

[Reginald:] All round the briny British coast
my name's a cause for fear,
And I've got a Long Tom gun as shoots
the length of Southend pier!
I made a raid on Brighton beach,
it was a great success,
And I captured fifteen hundred girls
in summer bathing dress.
[Men:] And he captured fifteen hundred girls
in summer bathing dress.
And he captured fifteen hundred girls
in summer bathing dress.
[Reginald:] But I'm slender, tender Fili-Filibuster Brown,
They looted all I had on board
and swam back to Brighton Town!
I couldn't rob them of even a duster,
For they didn't wear enough to spare for Brown.
[Ladies:] For Mister Brown,
[Reginald:] For Mister Brown, for Reggie Brown,
the filibuster, that's me!
[Ensemble:] Oh, have mercy, please
have mercy, Mister Brown!
For you're such a filibuster,
You are, you are!
The captains all quake, they get in a fluster,
When the hear the name of
Filibuster, Filibuster Brown.