Paroles de Humbug

I've been on strike with the angels I've been in submarine employ Called a coward here Hailed a hero there I've been here, there and underwear I speak very heathenish In a motley suit on a tame merchant ship All these ideas spread into fierceness Oh there's officers and then there's the men, sah! All these bones can be studied And this skin bag holds water Elevated, holding on by a shroud And is this picture proud? There is a firmness there And it's all humbug Charlie said it is all humbug It's the story of Hercules and the whale And Osirion and the dolphin Yet I damn it all with facts For all that And it's all humbug Charlie said it is all humbug I reckon I'll heed the calling And strike the sun that insulted me If he's the master Then I'm your man