 | 1865 - 472 pages
...And having got rid of his baccy quid, He spun this painful yam : " 'Twas in the good ship Nancy Bell That we sailed to the Indian Sea, And there on a reef we come to grief, Which baa often occurred to me. " And pretty nigh all o' the crew was drowned (There was seventy seven o'... | |
 | American literature - 1880 - 1210 pages
...the Indian Sea; And there on a reef we came to grief, Which has often occurred to me. "And well-nigh all o' the crew was drowned: There was seventy-seven o* soul, And only ten of the Nancy* ь men Said ' Here I* to the muster-roll. "There was me, the cook, and the captain bold, And... | |
 | sir William Schwenck Gilbert - 1870 - 174 pages
...having got rid of a thumping quid, He spun this painful yarn : " 'Twas in the good ship Nancy Bell That we sailed to the Indian sea, And there on a reef...Said ' Here!' to the muster roll. " There was me and the cook and the captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig, And the bo'sun tight and a midshipmite,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...having got rid of a thumping quid He spun this painful yarn : — " T was in the good ship Nancy Bell Pronounce what sea, what shore is this ? The gulf,...scenes, their story not unknown, Arise and make again muster-roll. ' ' There wasme,andthecook,andthe captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig, And a... | |
 | Edmund Routledge - 1871 - 194 pages
...having got rid of a thumping quid, He spun this painful yarn : " 'Twas in the good ship Nancy Sell That we sailed to the Indian sea, And there on a reef...Which has often occurred to me. " And pretty nigh all of the crew was drowned (There was seventy-seven o' soul), And only ten of the Nancy's men Said ' Here... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...painful yam : — " 'T was in the good ship Nancy Bell That we sailed to the Indian sea, And there ou teach To after warriors more Than high philosophy...spell upon the minds of men Breaks never to unite muster-roll. l "There was me, and the cook, and the captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig, And... | |
 | Readers - 1884 - 794 pages
...often occurred to me. "And pretty nigh all of the crew was drowned, (There was seventy-seven o' fioul,) And only ten of the Nancy's men ' • Said ' Here ! ' to the muster roll. "There was me and the cook and the captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig, And the bo'sun tight, and the midshipmite,... | |
 | Alvah C. Beecher - Elocution - 1874 - 234 pages
...this painful yarn : 'Twas in the good ship Nancy Bell That we sailed to the Indian sea, And there oil a reef we come to grief, "Which has often occurred...' Here !' to the muster roll. " There was me, and the cook, and the captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig, And the bo'sun tight, and a midshipmite,... | |
 | Book - 1874 - 174 pages
...having got rid of a thumping quid, He spun this painful yarn : " 'Twas in the good ship Nancy Bt?1 That we sailed to the Indian sea, And there on a reef...Which has often occurred to me. " And pretty nigh all of the crew was drowned (There was seventy-seven o' soul), And only ten of the Nancy's men Said ' Here... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 576 pages
...having got rid of a thumping quid He spun this painful yarn : — " 'T was in the good ship Nancy Bell That we sailed to the Indian sea, And there on A reef...And only ten of the Nancy's men Said ' Here ' to the muster-roll. Boy! HUMOROUS POEMS. "There was me, and the cook, and the captain bold, And the mate of... | |
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There was me and the cook and the captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig, And the bo'sun tight, and a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig. 
