 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
 | English poetry (collections) - 1922 - 324 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. [226] "For a month we'd neither... | |
 | 1941 - 752 pages
...at least be a combat cook. Perhaps he will perform like WB Gilbert's immortal tar who claimed to be "the cook and the captain bold, and the mate of the Nancy brig, and the bosuntite, and the midshipmite, and the crew of the captain's gig," after a culinary lottery on... | |
 | Holbrook Jackson - Bibliomania - 1923 - 208 pages
...entrancing cannibal who was the only survivor of the good ship Nancy Bell : 95 Ok, I am a cook and a captain bold, And the mate of the " Nancy " brig,...And a bo' sun tight, and a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig. Just as this fine fellow survived from the wreck by eating the crew of his boat,... | |
 | Cosmo Hamilton - Authors - 1924 - 466 pages
...but those of all the staff as well. Like the pathetic desperado in one of Gilbert's ballads, I was the cook and the captain bold, and the mate of the Nancy brig, the bo'sun tight and the midshipmite and the crew of the captain's gig, brave boys, the crew of the... | |
 | Edward Alexander Powell - Africa, Eastern - 1925 - 526 pages
...of people, Gilbert's famous lines might be applied with rare appropriateness: Oh, I am a cook, and a captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig, And a bo 'sun tight, and a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig. CHAPTER VIII THE LAST STAND OF FEUDALISM SOME one has said, with a good deal... | |
 | High school libraries - 1925 - 370 pages
...meet particular needs ; not an ideal arrangement by any means, but a possible one where the librarian is the "cook and the captain bold and the mate of the Nancy brig." Another important matter that has to do with physical reorganization is that of keeping detailed records... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 412 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 . month we 'd neither... | |
 | Literature - 1906 - 734 pages
...hopes to attract to its support on living modern issues in the great national elections?" For 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. THE reception given by the... | |
 | American Bar Association. Committee on Publications - Judges - 1926 - 562 pages
...multifarious in his functions as Gilbert's elderly naval man, who declared : "Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold And the mate of the Nancy brig, And a bo 'sun tight and a midshipmite And the crew of the Captain's gig." With us a "lawyer" signifies something. He is an attorney at law, and he is... | |
 | American poetry - 1926 - 780 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... | |
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