[No, it's not about Honor Harrington, it's about Nicholas Seafort instead. This is the sailor's drinking song version of the events in David Feintuch's "Midshipman's Hope", and as such is, er, somewhat inaccurate about things. Lots of things. Nicky would not approve.]
A MIDI file (8Kb) and GIF of the manuscript (8Kb) of this song are available.
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Nicky Seafort sailed Hibernia,
D C D
Senior midshipman aboard;
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Kept his wardroom in control and
C Bm Em
By his junior's was adored.
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Halfway to Hope Nation's safety
D C D
Cruel fate struck his seniors dead.
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Left the midshipmen alone to
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Stand the watches in their stead.
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Duty, need and honour calling,
D C D
Nicky took the captain's chair
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Knowing he was not the fittest,
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Just the senior there.
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(So give) hope and honour to the captain,
Em G B (or B7)
Oath-bound ruler of this place.
Em G A
Lord God guide and keep our starship
Em D Em
Travelling interstellar space.
Shocked at such a youthful captain --
Barely seventeen years old --
Passengers asked to head homeward;
Captain told them firmly "No."
Catching on to 'puter error
Captain stripped her to the guts,
Found the glitch that would have killed us,
Dosman joke that drove her nuts.
Boarded at a mining station
By a desp'rate rebel band,
Captain held them back alone, a
Laser in each hand.
(So give) hope and honour to the captain,
Oath-bound ruler of this place.
Lord God guide and keep our starship
Travelling interstellar space.
Oath-bound not to shoot the rebels,
Captain hung them high instead.
Kicked the last one out the airlock
Who had shot his middy dead.
Finally we made Hope Nation
Through the worst that fate could do.
Captain Kid sought out the Admiral
For new captain and new crew.
Admiral died months beforehand,
New the captain in the post;
Captain Seafort still the senior
So we raise a toast...
(Singing) hope and honour to the captain,
Oath-bound ruler of this place.
Lord God guide and keep our starship
Travelling interstellar space.
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Key Em
Time 2/4
e- e- b- b- | a- b- g- e- |
d- d- a- a- | g- a- f |
e- e- b- b- | a- b- g- e- |
g- e- g- a- | b- g- e |
e- e- b- b- | a- b- g- e- |
d- d- a- a- | g- a- f |
e- e- b- b- | a- b- g- e- |
g- e- g- a- | b g- f- | E | R! |
e- e- b- b- | a- b- g- e- |
d- d- a- a- | g- a- f |
e- e- b- b- | a- b- g- e- |
g- e- g- a- | B | r
@ Chorus
g- f- | e b | a- f- g- a- | g- e. | R! |
b e' | d'- b- g- a- | B | R! |
b e' | d'- b- g- b- | a e | R! |
e b | a- f- d- f- | E | R! ||