And catching her by her long fair hair,
He slivered off her head!
Captain Ed sang the pirate’s song with such vivid interpretation and dramatic gesticulations that his audience felt a delightful shiver run along their spines. When he finished, a wild applause rewarded his effort.
Then Elizabeth was stirred to emulate the Captain’s donation to music so she offered to sing another old-time sailors’ song called “Strike, Strike the Bell.”
This was a favourite with Fred and Billy so they joined in and soon every one took up the refrain:
STRIKE, STRIKE THE BELL!
Forward is the lookout man walking on his beat
Up and down the fo’castle with cold hands and feet.