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Guitar - Dobba, Jeeves
Vocals - Dobba, Jeeves

Captain Flak was written by Dobba after watching the omnibus edition of Trumpton on BBC2 one wet Wednesday afternoon in the school holidays.   Norbert refused to have anything to do with the song and Dobba recorded it with Richard 'Jeeves' Gibbs on vocals and additional guitar.

When interviewed by the N.M.E in 1994 Norbert had this to say about Captain Flak.

"To be honest I saw it as a betrayal. This was not in my opinion a Fingolstones song. Jeeves was nothing more than a session musician brought in at the last moment, I wasn't even consulted. Thankfully the record bombed, the public hated it and to be honest I had a smug smile on my face when it was disregarded by the hardcore Fingolstones fans. I will admit that Jeeves was a talented musician in his own right but he wasn't a patch on me. I chuckled to my self when he went bald at an early age. After all how many rock n roll stars do you know who are bald, except for Buster Bloodvessel of course but he was fat".
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Captain Flack     
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Pugh 
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Barney McGrew
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 Dibble              
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Pugh 
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Cuthbert  
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Grub
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Captain Flak and his Firemen boys
Got thrown in jail for making noise
There Firemen din it was said
Made a noise to wake the dead
Captain Flak he disagree
Let the boys and me go free

But the judge he wasn't having any of it

Captain Flak you're a naughty boy
This fire service is just a ploy
So as you can make some noise
With those crazy fire boys
Now you goddam listen to me
You're going to the penitentiary

For ten long years "oh no judge"

Firemen boys I beg of you
Don't crack now, I'll pull us though
I'll get us out of this mess
There's plenty of (indecipherable) at a guess
We'll launch an appeal to set us free
From the state penitentiary

It's gonna be a long hard struggle

Well down in Trumpton signs were out
And over in Chigley rose the shout
Let our Firemen boys go free
Or we'll blow the penitentiary
The judges house was under guard
The Sergeant said "this jobs to hard"

Lets go have a word with the judge

Well Captain Flak and the boys are free
Something something something something (no   idea what he says here)
Until you hear the fire bell
The noise was just like being in hell
So the mayor he got a possee down
To chase the Firemen out of town

Well they had to do something

So if you're ever in the street
Listening to the birdies tweet tweet
And the peaceful sound suddenly shattered
And your eardrums severely battered
Just watch out for the source of the noise
It's Captain Flak and those Firemen boys


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