Before the first boat he could see.
His “fifty thousand gal-li-ant men”
Dwindled down to thousands six,
Who heard a distant cannon, and then,
Commenced a-cutting their sticks, sticks, sticks—
Commenced a-cutting their sticks.
“Oh, tarry, Lord Lovell!” Sir Farragut cried;
“Oh, tarry, Lord Lovell!” cried he;
“I rather think not,” Lord Lovell replied,
“For I’m in a great hurree, ree, ree,