To ship about they did prepare:
They smartly fir’d to bring ’em too,
But all in vain, it would not do.
Two men of war were hov’ring by,
And there it was no time to stay;
So, off they set before the wind,
And all their foes they left behind.
The alarm up to the village went;
Yet to pursue they were not bent,
Knowing all boats were in a fright;