Jack's Yarn.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2075, 24 October 1885, Page 6 (Supplement)

Jack's Yarn.

Twas a Monday night, the room was Bhinin' bright, The winds had been a blowin' all the day, We was siltin' in a riag, an' ah 1 how we did sing. I reckon you'd ha' heard us 'cros3 the bay. I'd sung of blaok-eyed Sue, who was so fond an' true, When we hears a sort o' Bplti3hin' in the sea, An' a nigger then wo spied, eciamblin 1 up the starboard side, An' he tumbled on tha deok in fiont o' me. Hil lee, haul-lee, hit-100, ho, Lil lee. haul-lei 1 , hn, The ship's a sailin', sailin' oi In? sea, An' ev'ry jolly Jaok will soon ba coiiiin' back : Singin' haul-lee, hil lee, haul-lee, hil-100, ho. The tears were on his cheek, he sobbM an' couldn't speak, He show'd ua where his back wero torn an' scored, He clutch'd us one an' all, an' ha trembled like to full, When ho saw the white-faced plautur corns aboaid. Then tho cap'n, he up-stood, ao nolde, pioud and good, And' the poor old nig waa at his kneo : " Ev'iy man is free," he criea, "whore Vii British color flies, An' I'll never give him up ! " says he. Hill.lee, haul-lee, hil-ke, ho, haul-lee, hil lee, he, The ship's a sailin', saihn' on the eea An' ev'iy j illy Jack will soon bo comiu 1 btV-k, Sicgin'haul lee. hil lee, haul lee, hill-leeho. Then the planter ho grew pale, an' like a cur tum'd tail, And quickly down the eUV: went he, Or on our Britiah deok, hod ccoa ha' found his neck : An' the poor old slave wso free. So heia'd good luck an' lifa to our c&p'n an' bis wife, God bless 'm for hid noble worda s^y we ; For to free tha slaves, 13-it.\nma rules the wa^ cc, An' that's being mistress of the «ea. Hil-lee, haul-lee, hill lee ho, hil lee, haul-leo, hil-lee ho, The ship's a sailm', sailin' on the sea ; An' ev'ry jolly Jack will soon be comin 1 back, Singin' naul-lee, hil-100, haul lee. hil lee ho.

He Boomed too ll:. vd. A Dltroit firm employed a new collector iv few days ago, and umo'V other oiil-* ht?v,a3 given ono which lud long bceu clasatd under the hoad of "doubtful." He waa informed thtit tha chance o' Vis totting anything were cxticiudl^ (lubioua, bniVaa promised half of all he could collect. In two hcur i after tUiiing ont he wi.B back with the money on the doubtful bill, and when asked how he succeeded ho ■well he replied : "After KcUinjj iuto his office I loekcJ the door, poohctid the key, and told hioi l.o'd cither got to come dowa or I'd break uvery bone in hi^ body. II 3 bhellcd out, and both of ug are 10 dollars ahead. The next duy the firm paid 7o dolkrs to uettlo v. ca'-o ot " extolling money by threats of violence," and tho collector waa iiudlj informed tbut he could hdve a long vacation for the buuclic of his health.— Detroit Free Frcss.