The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-07-26

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| climbing the pole. And at this point we
| cannot refrain from interpolating Q few
| lines from the comic poet indicative OF an
internal crisis on. the Lancaster
usxrcsssARr ORDERS ZOE TANNING DOWN.
Sprinkle. sprinkle lots Of tar.
when aioft at work you arc:
Up above the deck SO high.
Wingless angel near the sky.
when you're riding down . stay.
Rub II well into the lay:
Capsise your pot and Wow tho spray:
Obi I tell you II Is gay;
Smother paintwork near and far.
Sprinkle. sprinkle lots Of tar
Sprinkle, sprinkle lots Of tar.
you want the decks TO mar:
Rub 1t well into the bsckstays;
Manage to get some on tho jsckstays:
Let Il drip In all the boats:
Don't forget the ofncers' coats:
Smother yourself and every spar:
Sprinkle. sprinkle lots Of tar.
Sprinkle. sprinkle lots Of tar,
You need not be particular;
Chew tobacco. squirt the Juice
Over everything In use.
Thus my U. s. naval tar.
Though many miles from fond mamma
And the rod Of stern papa.
Youth learn the WRINKLE In . twinkle
How to sprinkle lots Of tar.
d;sn me c%ts sone a rtn have bssn Cant
Edward r. Pntfar. Who had s,iooeeded Cant.
Rancroft Gherardi In the command Of t6e
aaaship' list to What that same comic
poet said:
Captain Potter. Captain Potter. are you going
to make 1t hotter. hotter than Gherardi did.
for the ACCOMPLISHING MIDI Captain Potter.
II you do. Ill devoutly pray for you. VIII
you have US up at night. watching stars
That china az hrtOhf IN hing lunar 0huArvn.
tons. bothsring you with calculations? Oh.
the wrath has long been hid OF the uncom-
planning mid.
CAPTAIN Potter. CAPTAIN Potter, I'm a spicer
~ : Lno,,ar. .an ag,ra yith Oh. -,
!" I'd pn%Ssch ynn can tat 90 w,.,
80. ~ - o "a ~, ,S.,r e.
chase .he men aoout sno WI tner SOW
noIes msloe Out! hno eny.nins . MACY
foxes; from ohskln ciotnss 70 CITY oo1es.
owner take no nag' 1 must do a. I am bid,
I'm an accomplishing mid.
Snatching clothes upon the O. T. Gherardi
made my special duty, and he thought It
was my place men around tho decks TO chase:
man al old ma father. and air. 7 would rathsr
To the service bid ta-ta and stay At boms
WITH fond mamma for while a mid I.xo
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la q Wy -. -. ysa
MESS Moius sis spHAo W HphiA'h h"'s
very oiscon.eh'eo h'o'
Considering how seriously the comic
poet took the state Of affairs 1t Ia q wonder
that the serious poet did not make way
with himself. But he did not. He was
heard from later.
The Lancaster stayed one day In Corunna,
and having ooaled she left for Southampton,
At 2 O'Clock In the morning the white cliffs
Of the Isle OF Wight were sighted and al
4 the ship struck bottom and found herseH
aground on the Netley Needles.
With the first bump Barney Brady OF
Cream Hill. Nutmeg State. eisoulated his
e,Irprise and with the k~eenness OF a farmer
his former yocation) made a dive for the
berth deck to secure his black bag.
m, hhe e q SEIZURE ths u az .ss time IN so 81 the
since the entrance TO Soutbampton oh
atTucted az IL is by treacheroIs shin ole
banks. In considered the moet danoaro,,s
On the coast Of England 1--WE quote the log,
the ship flew the pilot Gag. but that im.
nortant Individual did NOT mt In an an
pearance TIL the vessel had run aground
The Lancaster came to anchor IN South
amnton Water opnosite the Royai victoria
Hosnital NetIey' at midni0ht ~ lngust ;
her COMFORT. the Ou~innebaig beino aIneady
there With the mail from home ~"
a Yacht race took nlace on Auu,at z
ali the S~onthamnton vacbta oom5atine'
and nm inyitation was extended fo tbs
Ianoaster,s oarsmep 70 comnate x,tb tho
man from the Yacht. "0' ~" WIG
IN Fridsv morning mn s,c,r.,,n ho.,
o.ma alon rsida and an ;nvitsHon Is &c 20
ended To the Lancaster's race hoat ~.
s Unet Sont aip potte- gavs h ~ an 0psn ma'on'
Trha ffno,e Gam tooL IL nIana ~
v;th q bi,,a nonnant In the hov ~ oh;ah
was PAINTED In gold a rooster crowned With