'Twas at a neighboring wharf made fast.

Cried one: "See what in black and red

Below the pilot-house is spread!

In honor of the Brownie Band,

It bears our name in letters grand.

Through all the day she's on the go;

Now with a laden scow in tow,

And next with barges two or three,

Then taking out a ship to sea,

Or through the Narrows steaming round