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Lost And Saved; Or, Nellie Powers, The Missionary's Daughter.
After taking two or three whiffs on his pipe to keep it agoing while he sung , he said , " Now here it is . It's a name I give it , whin I composed it on my last voyage , for I was a poet on that voyage , more or less , for the men knew no songs , ancl I had to make thiin . It's the ' Irish Sailor Lad / ancl goes in this wise : —
THE IRISH SAILOR LAD . There was a lad from Limerick , Who niver crossed the raging sea ; His hair was red as Yorkshire brick , His nose ivas long as it could be . He was a funny sort of feller , The good ship's hold he called a cellar . "
Here the men joined in the chorus : —• " He was a funny sort of feller , The good ship ' s hold ho called a cellar .
The cook gave him a fish head soup , A noice stewed , mess of ropes and tar ; Ancl overboard be throwed . thivn up , Ancl says to me , ' How sick I are . ' His eyes , that looked into his nose , Were crossed in love , the sayin' goes . CHORUS : —
His eyes ,. that looked into his . nose , Were crossed in love , the sayin' goes . . He had an ind , so this man had , Which would have made ye drop a tear ; He saw a shark come up , bedad , Who to Jack'I want here '
says , ye . Ancl he has gone ' way down below , Where all the greenhorn sailors go . CHOEUS : — And be has gone ' way down below , Where all tho greenhorn sailors go . "
The men greeted this song with a loud cheer , and Nedie , who had been a silent listener , broke out in a hearty laugh . As Tom sung the last verse , he fastened his eyes on Slow Simon , ancl ad the men , following Tom ' s eyes , fastened their eyes on Simon , and now be bad finished , Sam Watson said , T" Simonsimple SimonI ' m af eared that wiU be the fate o' ye ; leastwisethe first
, , , shark wot ye see , that ye think is hungry , ye just step over to him . If ye don't , we wiU appoint ourselves as a committee , to see that the shark has its dues . " " All ! but that song was a stunner , " said Barney Risley . " Did ye gravitate at the univarsity , Tom ? " " Tou had better lain your spillin' book , so you bad , ancl not be making such bad jokes at the hist man as iver was in Dublin College . If gravitation had onlbeen up
y instid of down , you woidd have the brains in your . head at this minute that you have in your boots , " said Tom , as he went to work filling his pipe , which had gone out during the song . "I guess , Tom , ye were a schoolmate olong of Dave Blackman , for ye both have the same classical countenance , " said Sam Watson .
"I guess he was never at school at all , but only dreamed of it , " said Dick Flynn , who had great faith in dreams . " I had a dream wonce that was worse than dreaming you was in college . But if
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Lost And Saved; Or, Nellie Powers, The Missionary's Daughter.
After taking two or three whiffs on his pipe to keep it agoing while he sung , he said , " Now here it is . It's a name I give it , whin I composed it on my last voyage , for I was a poet on that voyage , more or less , for the men knew no songs , ancl I had to make thiin . It's the ' Irish Sailor Lad / ancl goes in this wise : —
THE IRISH SAILOR LAD . There was a lad from Limerick , Who niver crossed the raging sea ; His hair was red as Yorkshire brick , His nose ivas long as it could be . He was a funny sort of feller , The good ship's hold he called a cellar . "
Here the men joined in the chorus : —• " He was a funny sort of feller , The good ship ' s hold ho called a cellar .
The cook gave him a fish head soup , A noice stewed , mess of ropes and tar ; Ancl overboard be throwed . thivn up , Ancl says to me , ' How sick I are . ' His eyes , that looked into his nose , Were crossed in love , the sayin' goes . CHORUS : —
His eyes ,. that looked into his . nose , Were crossed in love , the sayin' goes . . He had an ind , so this man had , Which would have made ye drop a tear ; He saw a shark come up , bedad , Who to Jack'I want here '
says , ye . Ancl he has gone ' way down below , Where all the greenhorn sailors go . CHOEUS : — And be has gone ' way down below , Where all tho greenhorn sailors go . "
The men greeted this song with a loud cheer , and Nedie , who had been a silent listener , broke out in a hearty laugh . As Tom sung the last verse , he fastened his eyes on Slow Simon , ancl ad the men , following Tom ' s eyes , fastened their eyes on Simon , and now be bad finished , Sam Watson said , T" Simonsimple SimonI ' m af eared that wiU be the fate o' ye ; leastwisethe first
, , , shark wot ye see , that ye think is hungry , ye just step over to him . If ye don't , we wiU appoint ourselves as a committee , to see that the shark has its dues . " " All ! but that song was a stunner , " said Barney Risley . " Did ye gravitate at the univarsity , Tom ? " " Tou had better lain your spillin' book , so you bad , ancl not be making such bad jokes at the hist man as iver was in Dublin College . If gravitation had onlbeen up
y instid of down , you woidd have the brains in your . head at this minute that you have in your boots , " said Tom , as he went to work filling his pipe , which had gone out during the song . "I guess , Tom , ye were a schoolmate olong of Dave Blackman , for ye both have the same classical countenance , " said Sam Watson .
"I guess he was never at school at all , but only dreamed of it , " said Dick Flynn , who had great faith in dreams . " I had a dream wonce that was worse than dreaming you was in college . But if