TRANSACTIONS OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
Then up come a feller with a great cocked-hat, 
He zeemed for to be the King. 
"Darn 'ee !" says I, "if you've any consait, 
Will 'ee plaze to stap into the ring." 
But they dragged us down to the waterzide, 
And drawed us into a boat. 
" Darn 'ee !" says I. " Dick Symons," says I, 
" They 've a got the both o' rs afloat." 
Ri-too-ral-oo, ri-too-ral-oo, &c. 
They pulled us out to a great big ship, 
Away var out in the Zound ; 
The wind was so high, and the saa was so rough, 
I thought us should all a been drowned. 
They hailed us out to a great big ship, 
And into a hole in the zide. 
Lord a massy, I was zo zick, 
I thought I should a died ! 
Ri-too-ral-oo, ri-too-ral-oo, &c. 
A man, he stood at a great big wheel, 
And with un the ship he did guide ; 
Us shoved up some great clathes on to some great sticks, 
And us washed away out with the tide. 
One man he cried, " Luff !" another cried, " Tack !" 
And another zaid, " Helm 's a lee ! " 
The devil might take all their luffs and tacks, 
; T was all the zame thing to me. 
Ri-too-ral-oo, ri-too-ral-oo, &c. 
At last they spied a great French ship, 
And towards us he was a coming ; 
So they called up all the fellers to fight 
With a chap that went round drumming. 
Zo I stapped up to the maister's zide, 
I zim I zee the zword o 'n. 
" Darn ee !" zes he, " if you '11 foller me 
I w T arn usTl zoon be aboard o'n." 
Ri-too-ral-oo, ri-too-ral-oo, &c. 
Us foller'd maister drew thick and thin, 
And for the smoke us could hardly zee un, 
Till at last I zeed a nasty French toad 
Just a going for to vlee 2 un ; 
Zo I stapped up to maister's help, 
I zim I never rin vaster. 
" Darn 'ee !" says I. "You French blackguard !" says I, 
" Was 'ee going for to skiver 3 maister ?" 
Ri-too-ral-oo, ri-too-ral-oo, &c. 
2 Slay. 
3 Skewer, 
