About their sweethearts or their spouses.
Up went my signal, frank and free,
(A breach of rule most melancholy)
To "give the tip" to Lady C.,
And now I have to part with Solly.
"Tell Lady Charles to go on board
The Lancashire Witch, where I will join her"——
And all the Fleet read this and roared.
Well—of strong words Jack's a free coiner,
But never mind what I remarked