And how this man was shipwrecked in the far Pacific Isles,
And of the heathen natives with their suppositious[[8]] wiles.
Now when the others cut the ship, because she was a wreck,
They left this Samuel Jackson there, a-standin’ on the deck—
That is, a standin’ on the deck, while sittin’ on the boom;
They wouldn’t let him in the boat ’cos he took up too much room.
When up there came a tilted wave, and like a horse it romped,
It fell like mountains on the boat, and so the boat was swamped;
And of those selfish mariners full every one was drowned,
While Samuel, standing on the deck, beheld it safe and sound.