 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
 | Louis Untermeyer - American poetry - 1926 - 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 a month we'd neither... | |
 | Lucile Foster Fargo - Library administration - 1928 - 406 pages
...at any time be compelled to perform them and perforce must be prepared. More frequently than not she is "the cook and the captain bold and the mate of the Nancy brig." Moreover, like any other administrator, the school librarian must be familiar with all processes in... | |
 | Sheila Hales - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1994 - 160 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... | |
 | Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Steven Barnes - Fiction - 1996 - 516 pages
...certain he had lost his mind. There was nothing to do but match his insanity. "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! ' ' Justin continued. Her leg. One leg was almost free of the web — it had... | |
 | Jeremy MacClancy, Chris McDonaugh - Anthropology - 1996 - 266 pages
...extenuation of this act of self-appointment was that it was not done without some sense of humour. Oh, I am the cook and the captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig: And the bo'sun tight And the midship mite And the crew of the captain's gig. . . (Malinowski 1932c:xxix—... | |
 | Jeremy MacClancy, Chris McDonaugh - Social Science - 1996 - 280 pages
...extenuation of this act of self-appointment was that it was not done without some sense of humour. Oh, I am the cook and the captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig: And the bo 'sun tight And the midship mite And the crew of the captain's gig . . . (Malinowski 1932c: xxix-... | |
 | Edward E. Leslie - Biography & Autobiography - 1988 - 614 pages
...seventy-seven o' soull. 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... | |
 | Robert X. Leeds - American poetry - 1999 - 366 pages
...seventy-seven o'soul), But 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 vittles... | |
 | Bronislaw Malinowski - Ethnology - 2002 - 662 pages
...extenuation of this act of self-appointment was that it was not done without some sense of humour. " Oh, I am the cook and the captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig : And the bo'sun tight And the midship mite And the crew of the captain's gig . . . ." (. . . and, as many... | |
 | Eleanor Mathews - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 380 pages
...severally, they served as governor, postmaster, port captain, health officer, police force, judge, jailer, the cook and the captain bold and the mate of the Nancy brig, etc. ," this last bit being Murphy's playful reference to WS Gilbert's cannibalistic spoof on Coleridge's... | |
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