Many entries less worthy of record than theirs,

The rough sea-faring fellows, whose names now go down,

With applause from their Sovereign to swell their renown,

To posterity's ears. And right pleasantly, too,

They should sound on those ears; for, run over each crew

And you'll find that those names have a true homely smack

Both of country and kinship; there's JIM, there is Jack,

There is BOB, there is BILL, TOM and GEORGE, CHARLIE, FRANK;

Can you not hear them sound o'er the waves as in rank

They go down to their work, ringing right cheery hail