1492 - Columbo Song

This Song is meant for Scouts BSA.
Decide for yourself if it is appropriate for your younger scouts or not.

In fourteen hundred and ninety two, (repeat)
A sailor from New Delhi (repeat)
Was walking down the streets of Spain, (repeat)
Selling hot tamales (repeat)

Chorus:
He said the world was roundo (repeat)
He said it could be foundo (repeat)
That hypothetical calculatin' son of a gun Colombo(repeat)

He walked right up to the Queen of Spain (repeat)
And asked for ships and cargo (repeat)
He said I'll be a son of a gun if I don't bring back Chicago (repeat)
- Chorus

The ships cook, the ships cook (repeat)
Yes he was a cookin' (repeat)
He slipped a rat into the pot (repeat)
When no one else was lookin' (repeat)
- Chorus

The second mate, the second mate (repeat)
Yes he was a singin' (repeat)
He hit the second highest note (repeat)
And all our ears were ringin' (repeat)
- Chorus

The first mate, the first mate, (repeat)
Yes he was a biggun (repeat)
He fought and killed an octopus (repeat)
And used its arms for riggin' (repeat)
- Chorus

The captain, the captain, (repeat)
Yes he was a sailin' (repeat)
He guided us around the world (repeat)
And home without a failin' (repeat)
- Chorus