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.