The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-08-04
The BATTLE OF DoRKINa. 10 So

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Aud our ship, which was the Spanker.
We're n riding ut her anchor,
( One Sunday night in August. you
must know.
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O. Sundays, for ,hinK-1ra sort o
right, r,s-, II
When our gunner -Ben's his name
Did quito suddenly tzrldim,
Aud his exclamation we're, elbow me
tightI" ,,J.
Says be, ..My jolly mates, Il
This here Lloyd's paper states
AS we're goin' to fight them German
furrineersl'
Whereupon we tars, in spite
OF it's bein' Sunday night,
Stood mp md gave three hearty British
chcers.i. y 4,
Well. we sailed away to meet
This famous German fleet,
Consnrnin' which there'd been no end
Of jaw; s
For in ak weeks they had planned,
And built, aud launched. anil manned
The finest fleet a nation ever saw.
We lave cruised abont on Sunday,
But about six bells on Monday, if r
Wien as smooth as any mirror was the
water,
Right out on the horizon M
Rose cloud rs black as pizon; s5
Twas The foe a steansin down upon
our quarter.
Twas all ns still as death, -
There was not single breath, ;...:.f
But our admiral wore smile upon his
cheek;
Tae foe WAS on our larboard,
But right away our starboard
Was very little tiny narrer streak.
a ohucklin' VERY sly,
Aud q winking of his eye,
Our admiral gave orders for to run;
And the enemy gave chase.
For the Germans, as race, =. .'lf
Have preference for fighting ton to
al we felt Whit;
At 8 it blo%ed right stiff;
At it sas blowing half gale;
But at 10 the waves ran higher
| Than st. Paurs Cathedral's spire, ]. "
| And my language to describe the same
do fail.
We kept 'lectric light
A burning all the night; i.
But on Tuesday, in the morning about
Ny gunner up and ,spok6,, ..
s'Darn me If any smoke IN,
Is comm from their chimney pots" I"
Gays he.
just then We heerd shout,
Aud our admiral sang out.
Send ye signal up to wear about, and
| closet
Then fore aud aft We ran;
To his post stood every man;
And louder than the storm our cheers
| arose.
we neared them, and took aim.
| And the word to fire came,
And our volley down the line of battle
roared;
But the German answered not
Not solitary shot
But her ensign futtered down by the
We was speechless pretty nigh,
| AS we couldn't make ont for why
The sponge they should 80 quickly
np'ards chuck it,
Till Bismarck We cspied
hhHSlu U0lllO o eT Lie SlQe,
And Moitke sitting down beside
bucket.
All their gunners, NIL their stckers,
Lay rs flat as kitchen pokers,
All a groaning from the bottom of
their soul;
For oil their precious crew,
UDaccustomed to the Blue,
Invalided when the ships began to roll
And thus the bnttle ended,
And the broken peace was mended;
And William, when at last he ceased
to be,
Died sadier aud wiser.
A more oiroumspeot old Kaiser,
And a member of the Peace Societee.
At one of the celebrations of the
Fourth Of July in England, upon one Of
the tables was placed large block Of
ice, which was decorated with flowers
and miniature representations Of tue
Royal Standard and the Stars and Stripes
of America. tho following sentiment be-
infr 0lsO nttnohpd tO H.. ssNfov tha d;s