LITTLE BILLEE
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
There were three sailors of Bristol city
Who took a boat and went to sea,
But first with beef and captain's biscuits
And pickled pork they loaded she.
There was gorging Jack and guzzling Jimmy,
And the youngest he was little Billee.
Now when they got as far as the Equator
They'd nothing left but one split pea.
Says gorging Jack to guzzling Jimmy,
'I am extremely hungaree.'
To gorging Jack says guzzling Jimmy,
'We've nothing left; us must eat we.'
Says gorging Jack to guzzling Jimmy,
'With one another we shouldn't agree!