The sun., 1902-12-21
Truthful Tale Of the Piebald Kate
/. a skipper safe on a Shiny pier

Sing holly my Lily Loo
And he reefed his belt with a nautical gear
As seafaring man should do.
20 sailor man." nrst began.
Sing lolly my Lily Loo.
is II not absurd what I've frequently heard
That sailor can never speak true.
Speak true.
That sailor can never speak true'"
Then he wabb,ed his head as be solemnly said,
sing loly my Lily Loo.
1T certainly be mistaken idcc
That sailor can never speak true.
And " may will prove what say
BY spinning this yarn TO you"
SO down safe while he sang the fate
OF that fortunate vessel the Piebald Kate
And her voyage TO Zsmpery zoo.
'Tis simple. the tale OF the Piebald Kate.
But II proves what venture to say.
That the commonplace fate I'm about TO relate
May happen most any fne day.
OF course she was right and OF course she was tsh,
And OF course OF a ship shape build
And tight as a drum with jamaica rum
Her copious hold was hled.
The breeze WAS strong as We bowied along
And our course |, was y. ~. T..
When the water grew dark with million shark
Which walloped and dipped In the sea
"On, DoN inc com loudly cried,
Il was offcer Of the day.
Let the cargo be jcttisoned over the side
Or there " be the deuce TO pay"
Then they ups It all and they downs II all
And soon with mighty swish
Like kingdom come our cargo o rum
Was wet,ing tha, school OF nsh.
So We righted our course by this tour de force
But We rocked with great commo,ion
For the shark had become by that bath Of rum
The drunkcncst nsh In the ocean.
can never forget, and 1t shocks me yet.
As | tempcrately reflect
How they seemed TO lose. a. they swallowed the
boose,
All sembiance OF self respect.
They jumped a, our sails and they stood on ,hc,r
tails
They padded and nopped and spun.
They bumped our craft both fore and aft
And seemed to enjoy the fun.
Then rec. then whizz with a rush and ssE
And a sort of a upsy song.
They grabbed our keel with grip OF steel
And carried US straish, along.
With a swi'tness dread We shot ahead.
I'm tel ing no fancy Abl.
And we went so fast that we lost a mast
boom and splnnaker jib.
And there wasn't no aeed to Increase our speed.
And there wasn't no need to steer
tell you-damme- our feelings was clammy
And auakcy and shakey and queer,
For right In our way an island lay
And the sharks s,cered plum for the shore,
And they kept on straight at the hurricane rate
or \ knot q second or more.
And they never swerved End they never curved
From that terrible stretch OF sand,
Till they'd set us high and they d set US dry
Aground on q point of land.
Then they turned abou, with bibulous shout
And they made for the open sea.
And there we safe In the Ptebald Kate
And never q word said we.
We'd stayed over night In this curious plight
And II came to the second day,
when II seemed 10 me. far out TO sea,
That something was coming our way
So took a spy with giass 10 eye,
And said. Look lively men.
For the water Is dark with them self same shark
A-com,nG 10 shore agsinl"
And hight was for ! never lie.
Not half . league from our bark,
With million tracks from million hacks.
There was equal million Of shark.
They cam wlthou, wiesie or shout,
Or . gambol. a. could see,
And they looked for sure a. fresh and demure
As convent after tea.
And they smelled not At all Of alcohol,
And their manner exuded piety;
For their Orgy was passed and they'd come At lasl
To state OF remope and sobriety.
They headed strash, for the Pebald Kate
And they ran night onto the shore,
And they braccd each side I'll she started to side
With creak and . rush and roar.
Inen they carried her far across the bar
With never plunge or leap
Away from the shore where the ocean floor
Lies forty fathoms deep.
Then they hurried away as II TO say,
Though In weakness and sin you met us,
We have made amends and would like TO be friends
II YOU can't forgive. forget us"
Oh. a skipper safe on . shiny pier.
Sing iolly my Lily Loo
And he nibbled a Jack OF herce toback,
As a seafaring man should do.
And he wobbied his head as he soiemniy said
Sing lolly my Lily Loo.
1t certainly be mistaken idce
That sailor can never speak true:
And I've cited them shark and proved my remark
BY spinning this yam 10 you.-
wAilAos Iswn.
.SAx FRANcxsco. -
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