By the Big Skedunk, an’ he bit a hunk from
the edge of an iron pail,
For he knowed the reason the fish had dodged,
an’ he swore us stiff an’ stark
As he durned the eyes an’ liver an’ lights of a
shag-eyed, skulkin’ shark.
Then we baited a line all good an’ fine an’ slung
’er over the side,
An’ the shark took holt with a dretful jolt, an’
he yanked an’ chanked an’ tried