“The captain saw the dame that day
Addressed her in his playful way—
‘And did it want a wedding ring?
It was a tempting ickle sing!
“‘Well, well the chaplain I will seek,
We’ll all be married this day week,
At yonder church upon the hill;
It is my duty, and I will!’
“The sisters, cousins, aunts and shape
Of every black enlivening snake