LATEST VERSION.
By BILLY (H. SM-TH), the (St. Stephen's) Bo'sen.
'Twas in Ninety One, d'ye see,
Brave boys!
With SOLLY I did sa-a-a-ail,
When one Monday night
We went out—not to fight,
But we went for to catch a Whale.
Brave boys!
We went for to catch a Whale!
There was dirty weather about,
Brave boys!
Trade-winds was blowin' a ga-a-a-le,
When the Skipper sings out,
As we chopped about,
"My eyes! there goes such a Whale!
Brave boys!
Dear eyes I there goes such a Whale!"
It were the whoppingest Whale,
Brave boys!
As ever whisked a ta-a-a-il;
In the trough o' the sea
It was Labouring free.
And a lashin' the waves like a flail,
Brave boys!
A lashin' the waves like a flail.
We had heard o' that Whale afore,
Brave boys!
Says SOLLY, "I'll go ba-a-a-ail,
The Rads would roar
If that monster they sor-r!
But we want to catch that Whale,
Brave boys!
We want to catch that Whale!
"Young GRANDOLPH[1] has kep' a look-out
Brave boys!
Wich it weren't of no awa-a-a-il.
Brum JOEY[1], no doubt,
Is a-cruisin' about,
But they mustn't catch that Whale,
Brave boys!
No, they mustn't catch that Whale."
There was only me and SOLLY,
Brave boys!
In that boat, with never a sa-a-a-il;
And, it may seem folly,
But we both was jolly,
For we meant for to catch that Whale,
Brave boys!
We meant for to catch that Whale!
No harpoon, or such tackle we took.
Brave boys!
For we knowed they was no ava-a-a-il.
No, we went for to look
For that Whale—with a hook.
That's how we went for that Whale,
Brave boys!
That's how we went for that Whale!
We knowed that a sprat was the bait,
Brave boys!
What was never knowed for to fa-a-a-il.
So the sprat I throwed,
Whilst SOLLY, he rowed,
That's how we angled for that Whale,
Brave boys!
That's how we angled for that Whale!
He lashed, and he dashed, and he splashed,
Brave boys!
And he spouted on a werry big sca-a-a-le.
But the skipper, he still held on,
And that sprat what I have telled on,
I dangled,—for to catch that Whale,
Brave boys!
I dangled,—for to catch that Whale!
"Strike! turn yer winch, pull in yer line!
Brave boys!
(Sings out SOLLY) and yer prize you'll na-a-a-il!"
Then a rummy thing did 'appen
Wich amazed me and the Cap'en;
I struck,—but so did that Whale,
Brave boys!
I struck—but so did that Whale!
We found he was the better at a Strike,
Brave boys!
Fhwisk! He hit us such a wallop with his ta-a-a-il.
With my hook, sprat, tackle too
He just vanished from our view.
So—we haven't yet caught that Whale,
Brave boys!
No,—we haven't yet caught that Whale!
Footnote 1: [(return)]
Supposed to be rival whaling captains.
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—The name of the "unknown steamer laden with gums and ivory," reported as having passed down the Congo last week, has been discovered to be The Dentist.
