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Rachael Built A Steamboat
The Teardrop Explodes
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Early in the morning, the call of our loud sun
Starts a tale of courage, of how the West was won
Oh, Rachel built a steamboat and she built it in the house
The people came from miles around to marvel at her work
A far from active spinster in accordance with her age
And Rachel loved her steamboat and she called it Baby Boy
Fine work from such aged hands
How her steamboat cherished when she sweetly sang
And Rachel steered her steamboat through the locks of Illinois
And down canals and rivers, how she sailed her Baby Boy
And onward to the Potomac, through Washington D.C
She takes her new-made offspring on a journey to the sea
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She crossed the North Atlantic with an adolescent gaze
And Baby Boy was smiling as he surged across the waves
And latitudes and longitudes were taken in their stride
Into the English Channel with flotillas at their side
Sing high, sing low
Sing high, sing low
The gathered throng were cheering from the banks of London town
But many of the young folks thought it good to shout them down
But when they saw old Rachel, oh, so wonderful that day
She saw that those who came to mock had all remained to pray
And stuck out in a garrison 200 legionnaires
Were fighting evil dervish hordes and running out of prayers
So cold and parched and hungry, many stricken with disease
But hearing of our Rachel, oh, they won the war with ease
My story I must end here for it's time now, if you please
Let's listen to the sound of Rachel's steamboat on the seas
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