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We'd toss him a drink an' he'd tip a wink, as sociable as ye please, 

 No kinder nor better-mannered shark has ever swum the seas. 



Now, the moral is, if you cut a friend before that you know he's 



friend, 

 An' after he's shown it, ye do your best his feelin's to nicely mend. 

 He'll meet ye square, an' he'll call you quits, providin' he's got a 



spark 

 Of proper feelin' — at least our crew can vouch this for a shark. 



