My Yot!

What makes me sprawl on the deck all day,

And at night play “nap” till I lose a lot,

And grub in a catch-who-can sort of a way?

My Yot!

What makes me qualmish, timorous, pale,

(Though rather than own it I’d just be shot)

When the Fay in the wave-crests dips her sails?

My Yot!

What makes me “patter” to skipper and crew