There was
a pretty female, as you should understand, Who wanted to go roving into some
foreign land. Disguised in sailor's clothing she boldly did appear, Engaging
with the captain to serve him for one year.
Engaging
with the captain his cabin boy-to-be.
When the
wind began to favor, they quickly put to sea.
The
captain had his wife aboard; It was she who would enjoy Having this willing
servant, the pretty cabin boy.
Oh,
nimble was this pretty girl; she did her duties well—
The first
mate’s wish, the bosun’s charge—whatever her be fell. But as for the captain,
in time, to his annoy,
Began to
swell the waist of Nell, the female cabin boy.
One
night, the crew of sailors were awakened by a shout.
They
bundled from their hammocks and wildly stared about.
“Oh,
doctor, oh, doctor,”
the cabin
boy did cry,
“I think you’ll
birth a baby, or else you’ll surely die.”
The
doctor ran with all his might, a smiling at this fun,
To think
a sailor lad could have a daughter or a son.
And when
the sailors gathered round, they shook their heads and stared;
The child
belonged to none of them, they solemnly declared.
Said the
lady to the captain, said she, “I wish you joy, "T was either you or I,
then, seduced the cabin boy.”
( Fin )
