Skipper Jan Rebeck
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Gus Russell


Now who is the king of the Fighting Dutch?
Skipper Jan Rebeck!
And who do the sailors fear so much?
Skipper Jan Rebeck!
CHORUS:
And it's Ja, Ja, leave your hammock
Ja, Ja, hands on deck
Ja, Ja, break your back
For skipper Jan Rebeck


Now, who can furl the main topsail
All by himself in a living gale?

Who brought all the tea from China,
And sold it all in Carolina?

And when he got a ship of his own,
T'was brute force kept him on the throne.

And who can drink his weight in beer?
And who takes two baths every year?

Who sleeps with four girls every night?
One black one yellow one red one white.

Who is the king of the Fighting Dutch?
Who do the sailors fear so much?