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Page 61
... wheel ? ' Does he steal with tears when he buccaneers ? ' Fore Gad , then , why does he steal ? ' The skipper bit on a deep - sea word , and the word it was not sweet , For he could see the Captains Three had signalled to the Fleet ...
... wheel ? ' Does he steal with tears when he buccaneers ? ' Fore Gad , then , why does he steal ? ' The skipper bit on a deep - sea word , and the word it was not sweet , For he could see the Captains Three had signalled to the Fleet ...
Page 72
... wheel has gone to Hell - rig the winches aft ! ' Yoke the kicking rudder - head - get her under way ! " So we steered her , pulley - haul , out across the Bay ! Just a pack o ' rotten plates puttied up with tar , In we came , an ' time ...
... wheel has gone to Hell - rig the winches aft ! ' Yoke the kicking rudder - head - get her under way ! " So we steered her , pulley - haul , out across the Bay ! Just a pack o ' rotten plates puttied up with tar , In we came , an ' time ...
Page 84
... wheel , And loosed her hair , as for the marriage - feast With cries more loud than mourning for the dead . Across the fields , from Armod's dwelling - place , We heard Bisesa weeping where she passed To seek the Unlighted Shrine ; the ...
... wheel , And loosed her hair , as for the marriage - feast With cries more loud than mourning for the dead . Across the fields , from Armod's dwelling - place , We heard Bisesa weeping where she passed To seek the Unlighted Shrine ; the ...
Page 176
... wheels was goin ' round , An ' there aren't no ' Stop , conductor ! ' when a batt'ry's changin ' ground ; Sez ' e : ' I broke the beggar in , an ' very sad I feels , But I couldn't pull up , not for you - your ' ead be- tween your ...
... wheels was goin ' round , An ' there aren't no ' Stop , conductor ! ' when a batt'ry's changin ' ground ; Sez ' e : ' I broke the beggar in , an ' very sad I feels , But I couldn't pull up , not for you - your ' ead be- tween your ...
Page 178
... nobody cares ; Down in the Cavalry , Colonel ' e swears ; But down in the lead with the wheel at the flog Turns the bold Bombardier to a little whipped dog ! ' AVE you THE WIDOW AT WINDSOR ' eard o 178 BARRACK - ROOM BALLADS.
... nobody cares ; Down in the Cavalry , Colonel ' e swears ; But down in the lead with the wheel at the flog Turns the bold Bombardier to a little whipped dog ! ' AVE you THE WIDOW AT WINDSOR ' eard o 178 BARRACK - ROOM BALLADS.
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