“Captain H—! Captain H—! there’s my piano still on deck; it will be quite spoiled—indeed it will.”
“Don’t be alarmed, ma’am; as soon as we’re under weigh we’ll hoist the cow up, and get the piano down.”
“What! under the cow?”
“No, ma’am; but the cow’s over the hatchway.”
“Now, then, my lads, forward to the windlass.”
“‘I went to town to get some toddy.’”
“‘Oh! Sally Brown.’”
“‘T’wasn’t fit for any body.’”
“‘Oh! Sally Brown.’”
“Out there, and clear away the jib.”