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134 SELECTIONS OF AMERICAN HUMOUR. One morning as the " Mary Jane " went bounding o'er the sea The pirate saw a merchant bark far off upon his lee. He ordered a pursuit, and spread all sail that he could spare, And then went down, in hopeful mood, to shave and curl his hair. He blacked his boots and pared his nails and tied a fresh cravat ; He cleansed his teeth, pulled down his cuffs, and polished up his hat; He dimmed with flour the radiance of his fiery red nose, For, hanging with that vesse...l's wash, he saw some ladies' hose. Once more on deck, the stranger's hull he riddled with a ball, And yelled, " I say ! what bark is that ? " In answer to his call The skipper on the other boat replied in thunder tones : "This here's the bark 'Matilda, ' and her captain's name is Jones. " The pirate told his bold corsairs to man the jolly-boats, To board the bark and seize the crew, and slit their tarry throats, And then to give his compliments to Captain Jones, and say He wished that he and Mrs.
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