Talk:North Atlantic Squadron

Bawdy song
i can't document it ,but i remeber a song with this title. the chorus went: so away, away with a fife and drum, here we come, full o' rum, lookin' for women who'll peddle their bum, to the north atlantic squadron. Toyokuni3 (talk) 04:15, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Here's how I learned it in NAVY boot camp. There are many versions with lots more, shall I say colorful, verses around the internet. I seem to recall a verse about a sally girl but I can't remember it. I'll make an edit if it comes back to me.

Chorus

Away, away with fife and drum

Here we come, full of rum

Looking for women who peddle their bum

In the North Atlantic Squadron

For forty days and forty night

We sailed the wide Atlantic

Without a piece of ass in sight

It nearly drove us frantic

When on the shore we spotted a whore

And off came shirts and collars

When 15 minutes by the clock

She made 10,000 dollars

[CHORUS]

The captain loved his cabin boy

He loved him like a brother

Every night below the decks

They corn holed one another

Oh cabin boy oh cabin boy

You dirty little nipper

You stuffed your ass with broken glass

And circumcised your skipper

[CHORUS]

Before the 1890s
There was a US North Atlantic Fleet during the Civil War. This article should be expanded to include it.--Toddy1 (talk) 10:45, 23 January 2011 (UTC)