The chatterbox book of soldiers and sailors (1910)
Robinson, Anna, Weir, Harrison · Boston, D. Estes · leaf 60
o THE NANCY DEAR F all the boats that sail from this pier,The swiftest and best is the * Nancy Dear. And every day, when the sky is blue,Ben the skipper ships me for a crew, And rows us down to the outer light,And even beyond when the wind is light. And while he fishes he tells me tales,Of… … A GOOD SON ATTHEN Napoleon was at Boulogne prepar-ing to invade England, John Ingram, anEnglish fisherman, was captured. Escaping fromhis prison he built a frail boat of twigs and osiersand started out to the English Channel. Hewas captured and taken to the French Emperor. Who is there, my lad, in…
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