 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 2421865Full view - About this book
 | Jacob W. Shoemaker - Readers - 1881 - 226 pages
...singular minor key : — " O, 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 could n't help thinking... | |
 | F. A. H. Eyles - English poetry - 1889 - 416 pages
...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... | |
 | English literature - 1890 - 632 pages
...singular minor key : — " O, 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 could n't help thinking... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - English poetry - 1890 - 640 pages
...have — which is to say: " O, 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 !" — WS Gilbert. UNTO a little negro, A-swimming in the Nile, Appeared quite unexpectedly, A hungry... | |
 | Grace Townsend - English poetry - 1891 - 570 pages
...have — which is to say: " O, 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 !" — WS Gilbert. UNTO a little negro, A-swimming in the Nile, Appeared quite unexpectedly, A hungry... | |
 | P. Garrett - 1892 - 906 pages
...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 the midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig. " For a month we'd neither wittles nor drink, Till... | |
 | American fiction - 1910 - 562 pages
...of Shakespeare might be: " O, 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." In effect, he contrives to convince himself that the real Shakespeare was a sort of composite of Hamlet,... | |
 | American poetry - 1893 - 472 pages
...have — 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! " TO PHŒBE. " GENTLE, modest, little flower, Sweet epitome of May, Love me but for half-an-hour, Love... | |
 | David Hoekzema - English poetry - 1893 - 368 pages
...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... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - American poetry - 1893 - 132 pages
...recite, In a singular minor 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." And he shook his fists and he tore his hair, Till I really felt afraid, For I couldn't help thinking... | |
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