Captain Albert Alexander (song)

Captain Albert Alexander is the eleventh and final track on Album One, written by David Michael Bennett. It describes the life story of Captain Albert Alexander.

Typical performances of the song contain a complex mime routine performed by Isabella Bunny Bennett, depicting the events in the lyrics.

Lyrics
When he was a boy he wanted to play down by the sea

At age thirteen everyday after school he would always sail around the lake

All the people would stand and stare as he sailed around with precision and care With his bi-corner hat and the way he would stand he looked just like a Navy man All the townsfolk would gather and say, and sing away

Captain Albert Alexander He'll be a brave seafarer someday But that Captain Albert Alexander He'll go down in the waves

By age twenty four he had left the shore and was sailing for the Queen

On a dark starry night Albert awoke to the sound of his Captain screaming as he was drowned

The Navy crew was taking a lick pirates had invaded the ship But Albert with one aimed harpoon ignited their rum with a spark and soon flames drove the pirates away the Navy sang

Captain Albert Alexander Saved his crew from pirate slaughter But that Captain Albert Alexander He'll go down in the water

Now everyone dance Dance. Dance.

Twenty some odd years later On his ship The Sea Slater He sailed into a mass of blubber

Gazing up to the sky stood a large walrus that was a hundred stories high, it meant no harm

The walrus was in a great deal of pain It suffered from a tusk with tooth decay Albert threw his anchor 'round it's tusk with a little bit of pulling it was out by dusk The walrus thanked Albert and sang, as he sailed away

Captain Albert Alexander Friend to sea urchin and me But that Captain Albert Alexander He'll go down in the sea

At a ripe old age lightning struck from the sky and split Albert's vessel in two One hundred men fled for their lives on rafts across the ocean blue

Albert stood at the stern of his ship A giant octopus had him in it's grip A vortex of spiralling death below ripped and sharks and electric eels all made the trip to see Albert sink to the bottom of the sea

Just before he went down he called out to his crew It's obvious that my time has come I'll let this ending ensue I've led an exciting nautical life it would seem and there's no better end than a death by the sea His crew sang

Captain Albert Alexander He went down in the sea But that Captain Albert Alexander He'll go down in history

That Captain Albert Alexander He went down in the sea

Trivia
David Michael Bennett played mandolin for Captain Albert Alexander’s album recording.

Links
Steam Powered Giraffe - Captain Albert Alexander (Audio) [2011 Release Version ] on YouTube

Steam Powered Giraffe - Captain Albert Alexander on YouTube