Replied he:
No, never!
The crew, more slyly still:
What, never?
And the Captain, whose experience of his former wife had taught him that even the most amiable married people will fall out occasionally, replied:
Hardly ever!
Hardly ever be unkind to thee!
And they all sang:
Then give three cheers and one cheer more
For the hardy seamen of the Pinafore!