" The Female Cabin Boy "

 

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 )