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154 He'll take the Mary in ballast—you'll find her a lively ship;

And you'll take Sir Anthony Gloster, that goes on 'is wedding-trip,

Lashed in our old deck-cabin with all three portholes wide,

The kick o' the screw beneath him and the round blue seas outside!

Sir Anthony Gloster's carriage—our 'ouse-flag flyin' free—

Ten thousand men on the pay-roll and forty freighters at sea!

He made himself and a million, but this world is a fleetin' show,

And he'll go to the wife of 'is bosom the same as he ought to go—

By the heel of the Paternosters—there isn't a chance to mistake—

And Mac'll pay you the money as soon as the bubbles break!

Five thousand for six weeks' cruising, the stanchest freighter afloat,

And Mac he'll give you your bonus the minute I'm out o' the boat!