We saw Its neck a-curvin’ an’ we heard Its red

tongue lick

As It drooled an’ swoofed the drippin’s, and

then, as one might pick

A ripe an’ juicy cherry, It grabbed that “con-

jer” man

An’ sank with coils a-flashin’ in the light from

old Cape Ann,

An’ we—we towed with dories till we got to

Gloucester shore—