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WOODES ROGERS
THE BRISTOL MARINER
(?-1736)
“If you want to win a lass, or a sea fight; don’t cajole. Sail in!”—Old Proverb.
WOODES ROGERS
THE BRISTOL MARINER
(?-1736)
For he can fight a Spaniard, like a Tipperary cat,
For he can sack a city, like a blawsted, rangy rat;
Woodes Rogers was a Gentleman, from Bristol-town he sailed,
An’ his crew came from th’ prisons, an’ were
Bailed,
Bailed,
Bailed.