I left the country and my friends
To play on my little guitar;
It goes tang-tang-tang,
It goes tang-tang-tang,
It goes tang-tang-tang,
It goes ta— etc.
One of our midshipmen (Vosper) altered this, and used to sing with a thundering voice the following burlesque to the same tune.
The other day I asked old Yetts
For leave to go on shore;
He said no, no, you shall not go,