Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 135
AN SOON IT IS GEN KAL-LIKE. An, with all that valible treasure mine,A tempest comes down at last,_ An I keeps on Bailin, an bailin an bailin,But the wessel s a-fillin fast. ON IT I FLOATS A WEEK. So with a hen-coop over I jumps, An on it I floats a week,Till I makes an island, an gets on dryland,… … i GETS ON DRY LAND, 1892.] A TALE OF PIRACY. 603 An there fur eight long years I ctays, A-drinkin of miserys dregs,With no one near me to try an1 cheer me, An nourished on penguins eggs. Eight weary, dreary, teary years, An biliousy-like an pale ;Fur compny sighin, an rags a-flyin A-tryin to catch…
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