SAILOR’S CONSOLATION
One night camo on a hurricane, The sea was mountains rolling, When Barney Buntli.no slewed his Quid. And said to Billy Bowline: “A string nor-wester's blowing, Bill, Hark; don’t ye hear it roar now! Lord help 'em, how 1 pities them L’nhaijpy folks on shore now
"Foolhardy chaps as live in towns, What danger they are all in. And now lio quaking in their beds. For fear the roof should fall in! Poor creatures; how they envies us. And wishes, I've a notion. For our good luck in such a storm. To be upon the ocean!
"And as for them that's out all day On business from their houses. And late at night returning home To cheer their babes and spouses; While you and 1, Bill, on tho deck Are comfortably lying. My eyes! what tiles and chimneypots About their heads are flying! "Both you and I have ofttimes heard How men are killed and undone. By overturns from carriages. By thieves, and fires in London, Wc know what risks these landsmen run
From noblemen to tailorsj Then Bill, let us thank Providence That you and I are sailors." -Charles Bibdin (1745 -1814).
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 3 December 1927, Page 9
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195SAILOR’S CONSOLATION Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 3 December 1927, Page 9
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