Some vaall’d o’erboard, and some on deck,
Some had a thundrin’ thump,
The Master ordered all hands up
For pumpin’ at the pump.
Us pumpéd at the pump, my boys,
And no one dared to squeak,
The Master ordered all below
To stop a thunderin’ leak.
When us had stoppéd up that leak
A French ship us spied comin’,