The Bold Buccaneer (John Le Gay Brereton Poems)
One very rough day on the Pride of the Fray In the scuppers a poor little cabin-boy lay, When the Bosun drew ...
One very rough day on the Pride of the Fray In the scuppers a poor little cabin-boy lay, When the Bosun drew ...
When I leave this Western ocean, to the South'ard I will steerIn a tall Colonial clipper, far an' far enough ...
I never did 'ave no use for Germans (said Bill the bosun to me,As he sat on the after hatchway ...
He has learnt the ways of the ships at seaIn most of the sorts of ships there be, —In most ...
Come all you young seamen, take heed now to me,A hard case old sailorman bred to the sea,As had sailed ...
It's all very well these 'ere blessed flim-flammers — These 'ere bloomin' OMERS an' suchlikeWritin' books about the ol' ...
Houses have ghosts, they say; well like enough they may have — Folks that have lived within their walls ...
In Burke's Saloon, among the crowd,I heard Bill Brewster boasting loud,Boasting loud and boasting longA lot of longshore stiffs among.And ...
She hauled through the dock-gates when morning was youngAnd chill on the water the river mist hung,And the chaps on ...
First I knowed Casey him an' me was young,An' many a yard we h'isted, an' many a stave we sungIn ...
You may visit studiosIn New York or gay Paree;Watch the famous models pose;Study scenes of land and sea;You may sing ...
Scented soap and lily handsA long farewell to you!I'm away to foreign landsWith a hard-case crew.Luck to you, my gemmy ...
All coiled down, an' it's time for us to go;Every sail's furled in a neat harbour stow;Another ship for me, ...
GROWLTIGER was a Bravo Cat, who lived upon a barge; In fact he was the roughest cat that ever roamed ...
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