Ca N’ira Pas (Charles Dibdin Poems)
Monseiur, mon general, first Consul, I vill not tell no lie; I come de English Jonny Bull And ...
Monseiur, mon general, first Consul, I vill not tell no lie; I come de English Jonny Bull And ...
Go, patter to lubbers and swabs, do ye see,'Bout danger, and fear, and the like;A water-tight boat and good sea-room ...
My name, d'ye se's Tom Tough, I've see'd a little service,Where mighty billows roll, and loud tempests blow:I've sail'd with ...
The breeze was fresh, the ship was in stays,Each breaker hush'd, the shore a haze,When Jack, no more on duty ...
And did you not hear of a jolly young waterman,Who at Blackfriar's Bridge used for to ply;And he feather'd his ...
For England when with favoring gale Our gallant ship up channel steered,And, scudding under easy sail, ...
YE children of Pleasure, come hither and see A sight that shall check your irreverent glee! Ye children of Woe, ...
A stands for Albion, the Queen of the Main; B for the Britons she boasts in her train C for ...
Ye lads who wish well to the spot of your birth, The most independent and happy on earth, It rests ...
The moon on the oceanWas dimmed by a rippleAffording a chequered delight;The gay jolly tarsPassed a word for the tipple,And ...
One night came on a hurricane,The sea was mountains rolling, When Barney Buntline turned his quid,And said to Billy Bowling: ...
Then farewell, my tridonotuse-built wherry,Oars and coat and badge, farewell!Never more at Chelsea ferryShall your Thomas take a spell.Then farewell, ...
Here a sheer hulk lies poor Tom Bowling,The darling of our crew;No more he'll hear the tempest howling,For death has ...
Ben Backstay lov'd the gentle Anna:Constant as purity was she;Her honey words, like succ'ring mannaCheer'd him each voyage he made ...
Love's eye should but answer the beam that invites it,The glance that tells secrets true heart never won, The delicate ...
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