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JOE GOLIGHTLY.
213
"Twelve years blackhole, I say,
Where daylight never flashes;
And always twice a day
Five hundred thousand lashes!"
But Joseph had a mate,
A sailor stout and lusty,
A man of low estate,
But singularly trusty.
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Says he, "Cheer hup, young Joe!
I'll tell you what I'm arter,
To that Fust Lord I'll go
And ax him for his darter.