And a marline-spike he shuddered to see.
He had sailed in the ship of one Captain Willyum.
Who had taught him sailing, and algebree,
The use of the sextant, and navigation,
Likewise the hornpipe, and fiddle-de-dee.
The Captain's pet for a long, long voyage
Had been this sailor-boy Little Bill-ee;
Though some of the crew of the same were jealous,
And larruped him sore—on the strict Q.T.
But being paid off from Willyum's wessel,