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g^and bags and crew to windward, 



Crim flat on the main sheet,; 

 |Jow boys look smarit, £ -flying ita^t, 



prepare your iocs to 'meet. 



fet up the halliards foreword, 



2$elay around the cleat, 

 •0tow all lay low, and ;inay it M^w, 



"By Jove," we lead the fleet. 



C-he pleasure of outfootm^ 

 &11 entries in your class ; 

 '^I/is a hard feat, the rarest treat 



. &s 'boat by boat you^pass. 

 iE&nfffiiles. to'widward \ooking, 



' H^^&W 10 ^ tac ^ D y *ack; 

 |cl| lafs^^; nc%d keep up^heir speedy 

 irst aoat back. ^ 



||ai*d a-lee, shift the ballast, 



lively, and with '.a will, 

 %&y low, my tars, mind skulls a 



• tS3ien on the port tack fill, 

 Jin stays she's wonder* >us £ 



&bout -and off again! 

 #ld Neptune blow, we'd 



''"Our lead we would reta 



'% long leg now to starboard, 

 %x\m flat the sheet, my boys ; 



§Cay out to port, we must y4eld n 

 Jltake teU your«avoir$upois. \ 



Haul iip on the cehtr-e'-board, 

 She'll have tcKlbe around; 



91 risky thmg,/Etu\let her swing. 



Steady with the spinnaker, 



She'll go back wing and wing 

 ut let's be kind, to those behinc 

 $lake out a roue to fling. 



Jfunny that they should peel 

 Co sail instead ol tow 



Uut wnatMiajre we, the wind 

 W&kpXi, iVith it homeward: g< 



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(Liu- 1 ace is ours! Hurra \ ! 

 #ur best girl cheers, 'mid smiles and 

 HK'Wvc won her, too, to-da\ . 



