No kinder nor better-mannered shark has ever
swum the seas.
Now, the moral is, if you cut a friend before
that you know he’s friend,
An’ after he’s shown it, ye do your best his
feelin’s to nicely mend,
He’ll meet ye square, an’ he’ll call you quits,
providin’ he’s got a spark
Of proper feelin’—at least our crew can vouch
this for a shark.