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[Captain Godolphin was a very odd and stingy man]
Captain Godolphin was a very odd and stingy man,
Whose skipper was, as I'm assur'd, of a schooner-rigg'd West Indiaman;
The wind was fair, he went on board, and when he sail'd from Dover,
Says he, “this trip is but a joke, for now I'm half seas over!”
Whose skipper was, as I'm assur'd, of a schooner-rigg'd West Indiaman;
The wind was fair, he went on board, and when he sail'd from Dover,
Says he, “this trip is but a joke, for now I'm half seas over!”
The captain's wife, she sail'd with him, this circumstance I heard of her,
Her brimstone breath, 'twas almost death to come within a yard of her;
With fiery nose, as red as rose, to tell no lies I'll stoop,
She looked just like an admiral with a lantern at his poop.
Her brimstone breath, 'twas almost death to come within a yard of her;
With fiery nose, as red as rose, to tell no lies I'll stoop,
She looked just like an admiral with a lantern at his poop.
Her spirits sunk from eating junk, and as she was an epicure,
She swore a dish of dolphin fish would of her make a happy cure.
The captain's line, so strong and fine, had hooked a fish one day,
When his anxious wife Godolphin cried, and the dolphin swam away.
She swore a dish of dolphin fish would of her make a happy cure.
The captain's line, so strong and fine, had hooked a fish one day,
When his anxious wife Godolphin cried, and the dolphin swam away.
The wind was foul, the weather hot, between the tropics long she stewed,
The latitude was 5 or 6, 'bout 50 was the longitude,
When Jack the cook once spoilt the sauce, she thought it mighty odd,
But her husband bawl'd on deck, why, here's the Saucy Jack, by God.
The latitude was 5 or 6, 'bout 50 was the longitude,
When Jack the cook once spoilt the sauce, she thought it mighty odd,
But her husband bawl'd on deck, why, here's the Saucy Jack, by God.
The captain sought his charming wife, and whispered to her private ear,
“My love, this night we'll have to fight a thumping Yankee privateer.”
On this he took a glass of rum, by which he showed his sense;
Resolved that he would make at least a spirited defence.
“My love, this night we'll have to fight a thumping Yankee privateer.”
On this he took a glass of rum, by which he showed his sense;
Resolved that he would make at least a spirited defence.
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The captain of the Saucy Jack, he was a dark and dingy man;
Says he, “my ship must take, this trip, this schooner-rigg'd West Indianman.
Each at his gun, we'll show them fun, the decks are all in order:
But mind that every lodger here, must likewise be a boarder.”
Says he, “my ship must take, this trip, this schooner-rigg'd West Indianman.
Each at his gun, we'll show them fun, the decks are all in order:
But mind that every lodger here, must likewise be a boarder.”
No, never was there warmer work, at least I rather think not,
With cannon, cutlass, grappling-iron, blunderbuss, and stink-pot.
The Yankee captain, boarding her, cried, either strike or drown;
Godolphin answered, “then I strike,” and quickly knocked him down.
With cannon, cutlass, grappling-iron, blunderbuss, and stink-pot.
The Yankee captain, boarding her, cried, either strike or drown;
Godolphin answered, “then I strike,” and quickly knocked him down.
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