The Ballad of Laverne and Captain Flint

[Verse 1]

Here comes Martha running down the pier

Looks like Captain Flint is here

You get the bow, I'll get the stern

Lord, would you look at that Laverne?

Flint's got shrimp from the deep blue sea

And buckets of fish for you and me

[Chorus]

Old Flint's boat is fine

And she's called the Miss-Inclined

There's no home port painted on her stern

And they say she's like a ghost

Up and down that Texas coast

But you saw Ma, didn't you, Laverne?

[Verse 2]

Now Daddy says Flint is a weird old bird

And what's more, I have heard

His nets were charmed by a woman who knew

How to work that Louisiana voodoo

Laverne, get away from my boat, you hear

Your mama don't want you hangin' around here

[Chorus]

Laverne told him, she said:

"Old Flint's boat is fine

And she's called the Miss-Inclined

No home port painted on her stern

And they say she's like a ghost

Up and down that Texas coast"

You saw Ma, didn't you, Laverne?

[Verse 3]

Martha, Martha, tell me please

That it's not Laverne that I see

There on the deck of the Miss-Inclined

With Captain Flint, I must be blind

Laverne, girl what's the matter with you?

Old Captain Flint, he put a spell on you

[Chorus]

Old Flint's boat is fine

And she's called the Miss-Inclined

No home port painted on her stern

And they say she's like a ghost

Up and down that Texas coast

But you saw Ma, didn't you, Laverne?

[Chorus]

Old Flint's boat is fine

And she's called the Miss-Inclined

No home port painted on her stern

They say she's like a ghost

Up and down that Texas coast

But you saw Ma, didn't you, Laverne?

[Chorus]

Old Flint's boat is fine

And she's called the Miss-Inclined

No home port painted on her stern

And they say she's like a ghost

Up and down that Texas coast

But you saw Ma, didn't you, Laverne?