CONTENTS

SONGS OF THE SEA

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The Old Tavern[1]
El Capitan General[5]
Uncle Sam[9]
Mother Carey[13]
The Bird Crew[17]
Davy Jones[19]
The Devil’s Pot[21]
One, Two, Three[24]
La Bella Strega[27]
The Beautiful Witch[31]
The Witch’s Box[35]
The Mermaid[41]
The Merman[43]
The Wizard Finn[51]
Charley Buff[55]
Bold Robin Rover[59]
Time for Us to Go[64]
Rolling Over[67]
The Musquito[71]
Stand from Under![73]
Near Havanna[77]
The Three Dead Men[80]
The Lady-Sailor[82]
The Spanish Sailor’s Song[84]
The Lover to the Sailor[86]
Green Corn and Potatoes[87]
The Sailor’s Farewell[90]
Mackerel Signs[94]
True Blue[96]
The Story of Samuel Jackson[99]
The Dandy Ship[104]
Jack of all Trades[107]
The Girl Wind[110]

LAYS OF THE LAND

The Rise and Fall of Gloryville[115]
In the Wrong Box[123]
Zion Jersey Boggs[130]
The Ballad of the Green Old Man[142]
Carrying Coals[148]
Carey, of Carson[150]
Josephi in Benicia[156]
The Story of a Lie[161]
The Legend of Saint Anthony[164]
A Russian Lyric[169]
Melodramnation[173]
A Tale of Idaho[177]
A Californian Romance[182]
The Story of Mr. Scroper, Architect[187]
That Interestin’ Boy[190]
Miss Miles, the Telegraph Girl[191]
An American Cock-Tale[198]
Judge Wyman[207]
In Nevada[213]
The Philanthropic Club[223]
The Coloured Fortune-Hunter[227]
Penn[228]
Ballad of the Foxes[232]
Est Modus in Rebus[237]
The Masher[243]
Arizona John[249]
The Ballad of Charity[252]
Multum in Parvo[256]
The Organist of Bergamo[258]
The Goth and the Pigeon[268]
Reflections in a Printing-Office[275]
APPENDIX[277]

SONGS OF THE SEA

I saw three sailors synging, hey howe!

Upon yon lea-land hey!

I hearde three mariners rynging, rumbelowe:

Upon yon sea strand gaye.

Synge hey howe, rumbelowe,

Row the boat, Norman, rowe!

Percy’s Relics.