Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 182
When they heard the Captain humming, and beheld the dancing crew,The commodores severely said, Why, this will never do/ And the admirals all hurried home, remarking, This is mostExtraordinary conduct for a captain at his post. Then they sent some sailing-orders to Sir Peter, in a boat,And he did a… … he did a little fifing on the edges of the note. But he read the sailing-orders, as, of course, he had to do,And removed the Royal Biddy to the Bay of Boohgabooh. Now, Sir Peter took it kindly, but it s proper to explainHe was sent to catch a pirate out upon the Spanish main jAnd he played, with…
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