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oh come with me to the rolling sea while
the weather's calm and still
and we'll have some fun and laughter
with the adventures of portland
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every now and then ross has to look
after valencia his uncle's parrot and
there was one visit i shan't forget in
an order
ross was teaching valencia a new trick
hey bill come and see what valencia can
do
all right i said but make it quick i
have to fill in the log and wind the
lamp
so ross gave the command for valencia to
start her trick show us how you count
that's it
one
two
three
and blow me if valencia didn't push the
stones along the table
most impressive i said well done
but now ross it's time to get on with
your duties and with that i put the lamp
winding key on the table
tossed me out on the floor
uh i sat back to do the daily log
let me see now
the date
time
how many keepers on duty today
well there's ross comedy and me one
two
three
well i've forgotten all about valencia's
new trip but she hadn't
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what's next
uh duties performed
ah let's see
polish the brass
scrub the steps
check the light
clean up the engine and
radio room
uh ross and cromwell should be nearly
finished
and um
i shot that ring on there good that's
finished i said
no to wind up the lamp
but of course when i turned the pick up
the key it was gone
that's funny i said
i thought i put it on the tower
well i decided there was only one thing
for it i'd have to search everywhere i'd
been that day so off i went with duggar
back in at my heels
down to the engine room where
chromically was servicing the generator
hey comedy i called
have you seen the lampwork in the key i
can't find it anywhere oh no i haven't
bill
well it must be somewhere
i'll help you look for it
so i left chromity turning the engine
room upside down and went upstairs with
doggers still backing away to the radio
room where ross was studying the charts
hey ross oh my god
have you seen the lampwinder key
i can't find it anywhere no i haven't
built but it must be somewhere
i'll help you look for it
and i left ross turning the chatroom
upside down and went off to search the
bunk room
with dogger still backing his head off
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i'm quite a duggar i said i'm too busy
for games and i got down on my hands and
knees to look under the beds
and to my surprise
doggers suddenly stopped bagging and
grabbed my hat from off the top of my
head
hey dogger i cried stop playing a boat
give me back my hat and then duggar
dropped it at my feet and right slap
bang in the middle of me at as plain as
a pike staff was the lamp winder key
and then it dawned on me
when i was filling in my report and
counting one two three oh valencia
thought it was time to do a trick i must
have knocked the key right into my hat
and that's what dogger was trying to
tell me
well done dogger i said
you certainly saved the day
oh dear i said as i heard all the
searching still going on downstairs tell
you what dogger
we mustn't let the lads know that i had
the key all along
better keep it under your attic
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what's happening at the lighthouse
they're singing as*ault
when the wind blows in of the salty
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or rain or fog write it down in daily
log with a cup of tea it's warm and snug
to be a lighthouse keeper
yo h* h* see the big ships go across
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how do octopus couples travel oh
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bright on top of the world by day you're
a night with a telescope you feel just
right when you're a lighthouse keeper
i can't wait to tell you my next story
it was chromity's turn to tidy up the
paint room but as it happened on the
very same day ross was looking after his
uncle's parent valencia who was feeling
a bit poor
so ross and i were making a big fuss of
her
look i says she's not eating her
breakfast
we'd better keep her warm and make sure
she gets plenty of rest
rest
comedy but that's what i need not work
it's not fair
i don't feel well but he got no sympathy
from me
off you go chromity there's plenty of
work to be done i said you can't get out
of it like that
so off he's slouched moaning all the way
when did that parrot last you any work
never
but when she's a bit poorly it's uh oh
see here take the hamster
have a rest but it's a different story
when it's me assistant keeper chromatic
engineer grade two
then it's check the light polish the
brass way and tidy up the paint room
hey
hold on
paint
well the next thing we knew comedy
staggered back looking proper paulie
suffering swordfish cried ross look at
all those spots on chromity's face
sports said comedy innocently oh
i've probably caught some dreaded
disease from your uncle's parrot ross
but i'll be all right
i must go down and wash the steps
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well blow me i thought he's fainted it
didn't look at all good quickly ross you
get him to bed and i'll make him a nice
hot cup of tea and kick groan comedy uh
and and kick
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well comedy made himself nice and comfy
up in his bunk and for the rest of the
morning he had ross running up and down
keeping him supplied with mugs of tea
and cake
now that made me suspicious
you know chromity you don't look at all
well said ross i think you should see a
doctor oh no
i'll be all right
in a week or two
i'm terrifically brave you know
i'm worried about chromity said ross he
seems to be quite ill
so would you be ill if you caught what
valencia's got what's that poop
well i laugh
she's just about to lay an egg
but what about the spots ah you've got
to be careful of those spots oh he said
as i dabbed ross's face with paint
they're catching
well just then the invalid staggered
down the stairs oh
hello there said comedy feebly just
thought i'd pop down for a jam tat
must keep my strength up don't worry i
understand i said playing along with his
little game you'd better sit down for a
minute comedy or you've discovered
what's wrong with you and i opened up a
big black book
now comedy began to get worried
well what is wrong with me parrot itis
that's what it is paratitus it's all
written down here in this book headaches
big red spots and a longing for tea and
cake hey hey that's it
that's what i got a longing for tea and
cakes ah but
it goes on to say that the cure is a
cold bath
followed by a strict diet of bird seed
and a big spoonful of castor oil every
hour on the hour
well talk about a miracle cure it not
only changed prominently from being sick
as a parrot to bouncy as a budgie but
it's also done wonders for valencia
if you see what i mean
oh come with me to the rolling sea while
the weather's calm and still
and we'll have some fun and laughter
with the adventures of portland bill
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01x11 - Episode 11
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Set in a fictional lighthouse on the Guillemot Rock, just off the coast from the fictional village of McGuillycuddy.
Set in a fictional lighthouse on the Guillemot Rock, just off the coast from the fictional village of McGuillycuddy.