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THE HAPPY MARINER.



I am a happy mariner,
   My home is on the sea,
And Mother Cary's chickens,
   They are the birds for me.

With swelling breeze, and favoring tide
   How glorious is our lot,
And storms that strike a landsman pale,
   Scarce stir our blood a jot,