 And pretty nigh all o' the crew was drowned (There was seventy-seven o' soul), 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 a...  Iowa Engineer - Page 2161905Full view - About this book
 | American essays - 1920 - 1146 pages
...a sea-faring person, he might well have claimed, in the words of the lamented Gilbert, — Oh, I am the cook and the captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig, And the bo'sun tight, and the midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig. I now perceived the nature... | |
 | 1865 - 470 pages
...men of the sea, And I'll eat my hand if I understand How you can possibly be " At once a cook, and a captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig, And a bo' sun tight, and a midahipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig ! " Then he gave a hitch to his trousers, which Is a... | |
 | American literature - 1880 - 1210 pages
...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 the mate of the Nancy brier, And the boVun tight, and the midshipmite. And the crew oí the captain's gig. " A month we were... | |
 | sir William Schwenck Gilbert - 1870 - 174 pages
...seventy-seven o' soul) 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 a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig. " For a month we'd neither wittles... | |
 | Edmund Routledge - 1871 - 194 pages
...seventy-seven o' soul), 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 a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig. " For a month we'd neither... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...seventy-seven o' soul) ; And only ten of the Nancy's men Said ' Here ' to the muster-roll. l "There was me, and d, and yet I am not old ; And when I look on this,...spray Of in}' own years of trouble, which have rolled of the captain's gig. "For a month we *d neither wittles nor drink, Till a hungry we did feel, So we... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...o' soul) ; And only ten of the Nancy's men Said ' Here ' to the muster-roll. ' ' There was me, and Pity thee ! so I do ! I pity the dumb victim at the altar, But does t bo'sun tight and a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig. " For a month we 'd neither wittles... | |
 | George Manville Fenn - Wit and humor - 1899 - 534 pages
...o' soul), And only ten of the Nancy's men Said ' Here ! ' to the muster rolL. "There was me, and tho 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. **For a month we'd neither... | |
 | Alvah C. Beecher - Elocution - 1874 - 234 pages
...seventy-seven o' soul), 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 a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig. " For a month we'd neither... | |
 | Book - 1874 - 174 pages
...seventy-seven o' soul), 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 a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig. "For a month we'd neither wittlcs... | |
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