THE DEAD "A.B."

Bush Advocate, Volume XX, Issue 1002, 14 April 1908, Page 3

THE DEAD "A.8."

You clon't want novsuiplicecl parson To -mutterr'tb© words- of- God, •» •; - When yoii're:'elpin' to 'cave amess- : '■■'i&a.t&fy'■■'<- ~: >■? '.«*■ ••■ ' X"AH..- . To the - deaders' Jawkward. squad;: 3Toi* there ain?t ;no fuss in the fo-'c'sle If tlie skipper hisself ■' is- dead;.- ; ■ No plumes a-^pd4in' dn 'earses,-.-; Nor tapers around ?is 'cad. ■. -\ But we covers:'ini up with the- Eii'E's 'ad 'is last ration =of>«rum4*--^.,' "When they "rings '-dead slow": and the skipjier .:.:>- v Reads the story of Kingdom Come. No organ; <peals, r hut the ■ sea-gulls-Fly availing ;on weather and lee, "While the merry mermaids are sing- •■■■■■ ing'":>: .-.- -,;,--:- ■ .:-:■■ :■; >- To welcomethe dead And a-odmhin'ivtheir lovely tresses -In a hburdpir under the sea,. ' ■ Pooi: paly'e'e-.safe for ''the Locker," Jls ■.waxeßes^above are o'er, And ' is: gal in _the R-atoliff ' Ighw ay .Won't" a se^e- } is face nftjnore. :