Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 246
gden. Why, hello, messmate ! The old tar saidTo this dear little chap so bright, Is your craft a reglar man-o-war ?Did she ever win a fight ? Or is she one of the navy new,Of steel and iron, through andthrough,An armored cruiser white ? If our country called youWould you go,As we did in sixty-one?… … s^£> HELLO, .MESSMATE ! Up there stands The Brave Old Salt,Farragut! Sailors knowHow he led his fleet to victoryWherever boats could go. Since war began No braver manCan any nation show ! And so, little lad, If in time to comeYou should wear the sailors blue,Though Farragut s gone and many…
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