we make you these days if i was you when i come to i would give two three big candles for my good luck give who to be sure � the virgin of our church on the hill she is very good to all the time that is why so few of us men ever are drowned you re a roman catholic then i am a man i am not a boy shall i be then eh at i always give candles � two three more when i come to the good virgin she never forgets me i don t sense it that way tom put in from his his face lit up by the glare of a match as he sucked at his pipe it stands to reason the sea s the sea and you ll jest about what s goin candles or fer matter tis a mighty good thing said long jack � to have a nd at though i m o s way o about tin years back i was crew to a sou boston market boat we was off s ledge a butt first captains courageous � of us thicker n the ould man was his chin on the an i to myself if i stick my boat into t wharf again fu show the saints manner o craft they saved me out now i m here as ye can well see an the model of the ould that took me a month to make i gave ut to the priest an he hung ut up the altar there s more sense in a model that s by way o bein a work art than any candle ye can buy candles at store but a model shows the good saints ye ve trouble an are grateful d you believe that irish said tom turning on his elbow � would i do ut if i did not � � wa al fuller he made a model o the old and she s to museum now mighty pretty model too but i guess he never done it no sacrifice an the way i take it there were the of an hour long discussion of the kind that love where the talk runs in shouting circles and no one proves anything at the end had not dan struck up this cheerful rhyme up jumped the with his striped in the and haul on the tack f r it s windy weather � captains courageous here long jack joined in and it s weather when the winds begin to blow pipe all hands together dan went on with a cautious look at tom holding the low in the up jumped the with his chuckle head went to the main chains to heave at the lead for it s windy weather etc tom seemed to be hunting for something dan crouched lower but sang louder up jumped the that to the ground chuckle head chuckle head mind where ye sound tom s huge rubber boot whirled across the tb c and caught dan s uplifted arm there was war between the man and the boy ever since dan had discovered that the mere whistling of that tune would make him angry as he heaved the lead thought rd yer said dan returning the gift with precision ef you don t like my music out your fiddle i ain t goin to lie here all day an listen ro you an long jack candles fiddle tom or i ll learn here the tune tom leaned down to a and brought up an old white fiddle s eye captains courageous m and from somewhere behind the he drew out a tiny like thing with wire strings which he called a tis a concert said long jack beaming through the smoke a lar boston concert there was a burst of spray as the opened and in yellow descended ye re just in time s she outside jest this he dropped on to the with the push and heave of the iv re here we re co our down ye u lead course said long jack guess there ain t more n two old songs i know an ye ve them both his excuses were cut short by tom into a most tune like unto the moaning of winds and the creaking of with his eyes fixed on the beams above began this ancient ancient tom flourishing all round him to make the and words fit a little there is a crack packet � crack packet o fame she from york an the s her name yoa may talk o your � swallow and black ball � but the t the packet that can beat them all now the she lies in the river because of the to take her to sea but when she s off you shortly will know captains courageous � chorus she s the liverpool packet � o lord let her go � � now the she s the banks o where the water s all shallow and the bottom s all sand all the little fishes that swim to an fro chorus � she s the liverpool packet � o lord let her go there were scores of verses for he worked the every mile of the way between liverpool and new york as as though he were on her deck and the and the fiddle beside him tom followed with something about the rough and tough who would pilot the vessel in then they called on who felt very flattered to contribute to the entertainment but all that he could remember were some pieces of s ride that he had been taught at the camp school in the it seemed that they might be appropriate to the time and place but he had no more than mentioned the title when brought down one foot with a bang and cried don t go on young that s a mistaken � 