And them as likes may holler in the chorus.”
| [4] | This ballad was very much revised, corrected, turned over, and re-turned, by sundry old sailors, chief among whom was the ancient mariner, Captain Stead. Almost the same could be said of all these songs, but this one was specially “cut up and salted down for sea use.” |
| [5] | Guarda Costa. |
THE MUSQUITO
Said Paul unto Peter,
“I see a muskeeter,
The boat’s coming over the bay.”
Said Peter to Paul,
“She is saucy, though small,