For his fellow in the fight.

The English captain turned, and stared;—

For where the “Sally” had been

Was a single spar upthrust from the sea

With the red-cross flag serene!


A wind blew up from Pernambuco,—

(Yeo heave ho! the “Laughing Sally”!

Hi yeo, heave away!)

And boomed for the doom of the “Laughing Sally,”