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,”