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The helmsman gaily, rode down the rickerboo ...

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The helmsman gaily, rode down the rickerboo ...
by Robert E. Howard

From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, June 22, 1923; titled with the first line in COLLECTED POETRY

1893978The helmsman gaily, rode down the rickerboo ...Robert E. Howard


The helmsman gaily, rode down the rickerboo,

Smiling at skirted girls, pink-cheeked

And freckled.

Come roam the Ocean Isles, while over sea flying.

While o’er the sea-gulls, whirling and braying;

Follow the crocodiles over to Iceland.

Yo-ho! And a bottle of strawberry soda!

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