Poor Jack (Charles Dibdin Poems)
Go, patter to lubbers and swabs, do ye see,'Bout danger, and fear, and the like;A water-tight boat and good sea-room ...
Go, patter to lubbers and swabs, do ye see,'Bout danger, and fear, and the like;A water-tight boat and good sea-room ...
The breeze was fresh, the ship was in stays,Each breaker hush'd, the shore a haze,When Jack, no more on duty ...
For England when with favoring gale Our gallant ship up channel steered,And, scudding under easy sail, ...
Then farewell, my tridonotuse-built wherry,Oars and coat and badge, farewell!Never more at Chelsea ferryShall your Thomas take a spell.Then farewell, ...
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