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DAVY JONES' DOOR-BELL
A Chant for Boys with Manly Voices.
Every line sung one step deeper than the line preceding.
Every line sung one step deeper than the line preceding.
Any sky-bird sings,
“Ring, ring!”
Any church-chime calls,
“Dong ding!”
Any cannon says,
“Boom bang!”
Any whirlwind says,
“Whing whang!”
The bell-buoy hums and roars,
“Ding dong!”
And way down deep,
Where fishes throng,
By Davy Jones' big deep-sea door,
Shaking the ocean's flowery floor,
His door-bell booms
“Dong dong,
Dong dong,”
Deep, deep down,
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Boom dong,
Boom dong,
Boom dong!”
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