On board of the Arethusa.
On deck five hundred men did dance,
The stoutest they could find in France;
We with two hundred did advance
On board of the Arethusa.
Our captain hail’d the Frenchman, “Ho!”
The Frenchman then cried out, “Hollo!”
“Bear down, d’ye see,
To our admiral’s lee.”
“No, no!” says the Frenchman, “that can’t be”