Gordon Bok - Handsome cabin boy

It's just a pretty female, as ^Abyou may under^Bbstand Her mind being bent for rambl^Ebing into a ^Abforeign ^Bbland She dressed herself in sailor's clothes, or ^Ebso it ^Abdoes ap^Bbpear And she signed with a captain, to ^Abserve him for a ^Bbyear

The captain's wife, she being on board, she ^Abseemed in great ^Bbjoy To think the captain had en^Ebgaged such a ^Abhandsome cabin ^Bbboy And now and then she slipped him a kiss, and ^Ebshe would have ^Abliked to ^Bbtoy But twas the captain found out the secret of the ^Abhandsome cabin ^Bbboy

Her cheeks they were like roses and her ^Abhair all in a ^Bbcurl The sailors often smiled and said, he ^Eblooks just ^Ablike a ^Bbgirl But eating of the captain's biscuit, her ^Ebcolour ^Abdid de^Bbstroy And the waist did swell of pretty Nell, the ^Abhandsome cabin ^Bbboy

Twas down the Bay of Biscay our ^Abgallant ship did ^Bbplough One night amongst the sailors, a ^Ebhelluva ^Abflurry and ^Bbrow It tumbled the men from out their hammocks, their ^Ebsleep it ^Abdid de^Bbstroy Terrible cursin' and a-groanin' of the ^Abhandsome cabin ^Bbboy

"Oh doctor dear, oh doctor," the ^Abcabin boy did ^Bbcry "My time has come, I am undone and ^EbI must ^Absurely ^Bbdie" The doctor come a-running and ^Ebsmiling ^Abat the ^Bbfun For to think a sailor lad should have a ^Abdaughter or a ^Bbson

The sailors when they heard the news, they ^Aball did stand and ^Bbstare The child belonged to none of them, they ^Ebsolemn^Ably did ^Bbswear The captain's wife she says to him, "My ^Ebdear I ^Abwish you ^Bbjoy For it's either you or I betrayed the ^Abhandsome cabin ^Bbboy"

Now sailors take your tot o' rum and ^Abdrink success to ^Bbtrade And likewise to the cabin boy that was ^Ebneither ^Abman nor ^Bbmaid Here's hoping the wars don't rise again, our ^Ebsailors ^Abto de^Bbstroy And here's hoping for a jolly lot more, like the ^Abhandsome cabin ^Bbboy