The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-04-25
TIE STORY OF JONAH.
REVISED AND CORRECTED BY A TRANCE MEDIUM

REVISED ANU CUHRECItU BY iRANCt MEDIUM.
The story of Jonah you've all of you
And how he got whaled in a manner alb
surd,
Because he was naughty and wouldn't
obey,
But madly attempted to have his own way;
But you never have heard it corr Getty, be-
cause
1t has been handed down through Rabbin-
ical plays,
And doctored, and tortured, and twisted
TIL the tale of the fish is enveloped in
doubt.
Now the spirit of Jonah has whispered
through me
That the common accounts are all fiddle
de-dee;
And having thus branded the calumnies
false,
Has told me the genuine facts of the case.
Still many stories are atloat, and some
boldly state,
That Jonah went to fish for whales, and
used himself for bait
That trying hard to cheat the fish, himself
was taken in;
In fact, externally chewed up" in pay
ment for his sin,
But let it here suffice to say, such stories
are not true
So here we leave the old account and has
ten to the new.
Now Jonah was fisherman of credit and
rcnown,
Who owned a vessel long ago in old Nan
tuckct town.
4 member of the church was he, and else
an honest man,
Though Of his spilits he refreshed with
spirits from the can.
lie used to go on voyages, fishing after
whales;
And tLcy called him profit jonah for his
profitable ssles.
One day when lie was out at sea a whale
appeared in sight
And taI>iug to their boats. the crew gave
chase with all their might;
But Jonah who was AT the head had drank
too much that day,
And. though lie c1uidu' stand erect. would
have his wiIlful way.
He wished to deal the deadly blow himself;
and 50. to be brief.
The sailors. much against their wills, gave
way before their chief.
But when he came to try it ON, he was 50
awful drunk
He couiGn't manage right at all, but made
Il fearful funk
lie didn't throw the steel haIpoon 50
mU,dIcd was his head,
lie never knew the difference but threw
himself instead.
The whale perceived his miAed-up state,
and, with quiet gIUut,
1t acted ike q gentleman and swallowed
tie aifront.
4 moment more the sailors stared in terror
and alright,
Their master Had gone UP the spout, the
whale had got him tight;
And then they tu,U,d -, pulled away,
with all tGcir might and maIn,
Both at the oars and bottle too, and IeItall
hope in vain
They lost their cherished hopes to WIN the
blubDcr of the whale,
And, weeping for the captains loss mixed
biubJur with wall.
Now Jonah was astouisbCd when he found
himself inside,
\ swimming IN the gastric Juice which then
was at high tide;
He knew he woul0n' digest well, although
he night lest die
And blamed himself tor going down, be
cause lie first got high
And it went against his stomach, as he did
against the whales,
To think so bad sell should be the end of
all his sails.
Now Jonah's breath was very bad, quite
SplIliCt III idct-
And made the whale feel very queer, ard
very quecrly act;
1t swallowed lots of ocean brine to take
away the taste,
Which nearly drowned tie captain III Its
dreadful watery waste.
The saline water didn't make plain saIlIn
for our friend
Who, like the seasicl whale, but wished
his troubles at an end.
The mighty creature SWAN for leagues in
anguish and despair,
And took no notice of its course-in factit
didn't care,
Its inner life tonuented it, and occupied its
mind
1t only wished for ease again, and that it
couldn't lind.
Live captain didn't suit its taste; 1t licked
its victuals raw,
And in a pretty pickle was the inmate OF
its NAV.
At last it reached Nantucket, and there it
ran aground
Just opposite the shippers house, and then
relief it found,
! A mighty shock the creature felt IN stIlh-
ing on the strand,
! And it threw up its commission, all square
upon dry land.
! 4 few tremendous hops it gave, and then
again was free,
/ And with wondrous grin of Joy 1t dlsap-
peared at sea.
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