‘’Till the water wets me hair—

The Lord must take me as I am,

I have no time for prayer.’

“‘The captain stood upon the bridge.’

(Oh, hang that phrase, I say!

‘The firemen bravely stood below,’

Suits more this time of day,)

Old Jim kept shovelling in the coal,

Though it was time to pray.

“And every soul was saved, my lads,