And when at last it got so bad,
That master and men were nigh gone mad,
A rummerin’ whisper did begin
That ’twas all along of this here Finn:
For it is true, and on re-córd
There’s no good luck with a Finn on board.
And the long and short of this debate
Was that one night our second mate,
Bein’ as mad as a man might be,
Pitched Eric Jansen into the sea: