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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 401

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The good shipJigamareestarts for a farcountry Quantity ofweather andquality of same (A nonsensical, twisted yarn of three bold mariners.)I Sir What-s-his-name, Sir Thingumbob, and Sir Something-or-other, too,Set sail in the good ship Jigamaree, all out on the ocean blue;Avast! cried they, as they… … The sea was full of water and the sky was filled with air; There was nt much weather to speak of, but what there was, was fair; The wind was blowing north by south, the sea began to rouse, And the swells all raised their whitecaps to return the vessels bows.

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