 Oh, elderly man, it's little I know Of the duties of 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 midshipmite, And the crew...  Fun - Page 2381865Full view - About this book
 | American literature - 1920
...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 of the activities he... | |
 | American literature - 1880
...In a singular minur key, " Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold, And a mate of the Nancy brig; And a bo'.sun tight, and a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig." Then he shook his iftt, and tore his hair, Till I really fell afraid, For I could n't help thinking... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1869
...— which is to say : " 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 !" (By kind permission of the Author.) THE MERMAID OF MARGATE. THOMAS HOOD. " Alas! what peiils do... | |
 | sir William Schwenck Gilbert - 1870
...a singular minor key : " 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." And he shook his fists and he tore his hair, Till I really felt afraid, For I couldn't help thinking... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 789 pages
...How you can possibly be " At once a cook and a captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig, And a ! " Then he gave a hitch to his trousers, which Is a trick all seamen lam, Ала having got rid of... | |
 | Edmund Routledge - 1871
...— which is to say : " 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 ! " (By permission of tfie Author. ) MRS. BROWN GOES TO AN EVENING PARTY. BY ARTHUR SKETCHLEY. " WE... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1872 - 789 pages
...l "There was me, and the cook, and the captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig, And a bo' sun years of trouble, which have rolled Like a wild bay of breakers, melts we *d neither wittles nor drink, Till a hungry we did feel, So we drawed a lot, and, accordin', shot... | |
 | Readers - 1884
...me and 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. " For a month we'd rmither wittles nor drink, Till a hungry we did feel, So we drawed a lot, ami accordin' shot The captain... | |
 | George Manville Fenn - Wit and humor - 1899 - 480 pages
...— which is to say : " Oh, I am a cook, and a captain bold, And tho mate of the Nancy brig, And a bo'sun tight, and a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig ! " * By permission of the author. LEGAL CHANGE. RISH magistrates make strange blunders: cne, censuring... | |
 | Book - 1874
...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...crew of the captain's gig. "For a month we'd neither wittlcs nor drink, Till a-hungry we did feel ; So we drawed a lot, and accordin' shot The captain for... | |
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