"Now, Jasper"—'twas that sailor's name—

"Don't fear that you'll incur my blame

By saying, when it seems to you,

That there is anything I do

That Rodney wouldn't."

The ancient sailor turned his quid,

Prepared to do as he was bid:

"Ay, ay, yer honour; to begin,

You've done away with 'swifting in'—