Good Ship Manatee

We are the bold and rakish crew of the good ship Manatee
They say that we’re the strangest bunch to sail the starry sea
Oh, rev up your engines, match our warp, and catch us if you can
We’ll drink your brew when journey’s through 'round old Aldebaran

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All hail the Manatee, heads up, she’s passing by!
They say she is the oddest ship that ever tried to fly

Our Captain builds a model of the palace at Versailles
Across the recreation room, and no-one could get by
One night she heard what sounded like a mighty cannon’s roar
Versailles had blown to kingdom come, as had the rec room floor

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The Astrogator has a way with plants of every type
She nurtures alien vegetables and cooks them when they’re ripe
She had a Vegan orchid once, that ate the Captain’s cat
Then terrorized the ship’s Exec until she squashed it flat

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Our Engineer’s a singer, but don’t tell the Captain that
He writes his verses in the hold and wears a cowboy hat
And sometimes on the first watch, one can hear a mournful voice
Sing lonesome country tunes, I wish he’d offer us a choice

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Our Doctor is a curious soul, an operating man
He takes out spleens to Beethoven and Khachaturian
One day he grabbed a crewman who had called the Doc a quack
We couldn’t look at what he took, Oh Doc, please put it back!

All hail the Manatee, heads up, she’s passing by!
Tis true she is the oddest ship that ever tried to fly
Yeah, all hail the Manatee, heads up, she’s passing by!
It’s true she is the oddest ship that ever tried to fly