Name: Where's the Rum
Duration: P00H02M33S
Description: A cautionary tale about sailors and their penchant for rum...where's it gone? A Cupcake original!

Where's the Rum

from Hot and Ready by Just Desserts

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A cautionary tale about sailors and their penchant for rum...where's it gone? A Cupcake original!

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When I was a wee lass
Me father said to me,
“Me darlin’ girl, this pub be yours
When all grown up you be.”
He taught me about business
And how to guard me bum,
And told me not to trust the men
Demanding shots of rum

CHORUS:
Where’s the rum? Where’s the rum?
Dear lord, please tell me, where’s the rum?
Well I thought me heart was breakin’,
But it’s just me head that’s achin’,
So someone tell me, where’s the rum?
Oh, please just pour some bloody rum

He warned me of the salty men
Who sail upon the sea.
They’d come with tales of derring-do,
Just trying to woo me.
They’d flirt and try to kiss me
And tell me I’m the one,
When all the while their deepest wish:
To drink up all me rum.

CHORUS

The devil rum can turn your head
While dancin’ on your tongue
Its promises of happiness
Are lies from songs long sung
For if it could deliver
A life of endless fun,
Then why are all the sailin’ lads
In need of yet more rum?

CHORUS

Of all the things me father said
To help me grow up strong,
His wisdom on this subject here
Has never been proved wrong
For a man home from the islands
Who’s felt the southern sun
Will never cease to crave the taste
Of good Jamaican rum

CHORUS

Bottoms up!

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from Hot and Ready, released January 18, 2018
Written by Cupcake (aka Toni Finley), arranged by Just Desserts

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Just Desserts Gainesville, Florida

Just Desserts is a singing wench troupe based in North Central Florida. Formed in late 2011, we perform our fun, bawdy act every year at the Hoggetowne Medieval Faire. Visit our website at justdessertswenches.com or follow us on Facebook.com/justdessertswenches ... more

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