But—I’ll resign my berth, dear Solly![80]
Punch. August 6, 1887.
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The five following Nautical Songs were written for a Parody Competition, and printed in The Weekly Dispatch:—
A Sailor’s Journal.
(Bound in Iron.)
’Twas post meridian, half-past four,
The Nancy from her moorings parted;
At six we drifted on to shore,
And found out half her “plates” had started.