...tow ; For,sayshe, do you mind me, Ut storms e'er so oft lake the top-sails of sailors aback, Tlicre's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life uf poor Jack ! I said to our Poll (for, d'ye tee, she would cry), When test we weigh'd anchor for sea;...

...For, says lie, do you mind me, let storms e'er so oft, Take the top-sails of sailors a-back; There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of Poor Jack. I said to our Poll (for d'ye see she would cry) When last we weigh'd anchor for sea, "Wha» argufies...

...For, says he, do you mind me, let storms, e'er so oft, Take the top-sails of sailors aback, There 'sa sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. J said to our Poll, (for, d' ye see she would cry,) When last we weigh'd anchor for sea, What argufies...

...all '$ a hazard : come don't be so Perhaps I may laughing come back ; [soft, For, d'ye see, there's a cherub that sits up aloft To keep watch for the life of Poor Jack. D 'ye mind me, a sailor should be every inch All as one as a piece of the ship, And with her brave...

...don't think me a milk-sop so soft, To be taken for trifles aback; For they say there's a Providence sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. Why, I heard the good chaplain palaver one day About souls, heav'n, mercy, and such, And, my timbers...

...intervals of enjoyment and repose. Danger, barely kept at ann's length, necessarily involveshair-breadth escape from it ; and, in consequence, there is no...respecting it. A sailor's religion is darkened by his ignorance — degraded by some traditional superstitions — andhis habitual recklessness and impetuosity...

...foam is sure to overwhelm him, he cumWts himself with the belief that " A sweet little cherub still sits up aloft To keep watch for the life of poor Jack." Come, come, Sum, belay there, if you please, that brandy and lime juice handed you by Tom Norris, has...

...Providence, however, drove us clear of the danger, and strongly proved to our grateful minds, that there's A sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. About nine, the storm began to abate, the ship was got before the wind, under close-reefed fore top-sail,...

...lamb !" and " when on board" — he " braves all ! dreads nought !" for he knows that " There is a little cherub that sits up aloft to keep watch for the life of poor Jack !" I think the English Navy, as well as the English nation, have thus Ibeen greatly served by Mr. Dibdin....

...; For, says he, do you mind me, let storms e'er so 6ft Take the top-sails of sailors aback, There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. I said to our Poll, for, you see, she would cry, When last we weighed anchor for sea, What argufies...