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Rh For malice too busy, our death-knell had rung, And Jack and I saw' them no more, No more, And Jack and I saw' them no more.

Two landsmen to win their affections. d'ye see, Had tried every art, but in vain; When falsehood gave out, we were both wreck'd at And found a cold grave in the main. Poll and Kate heard the tale, but a word never spoke, Each fell like a lamb on the floor; The functions of life from that moment were broke, And Jack and I saw them no more, No more, And Jack end I saw them no more.

first he left his native shore,
 * To wander o'er the trackless main,

Tom sighed to think that he no more,
 * His native land might see again.

For, ah! the friends he left were dear,
 * The girl he loved was fair and kind,

And when he dropt a glist'ning tear,
 * 'Twas shed for those he left behind,

To fight for far and glory.

But in the battle's rude alarms,
 * When ev'ry danger flits around

The thought of them his bosom warms,
 * And foremost in the fight he's found,

No sighs, no tears can then molest,
 * For love withFriendship thus combined

Still cheers a gallant seaman's breast,
 * Still animates a seaman's mind

To fight for fame and glory.