 I'd follow him ; But, oh ! — I'm not a fish-woman, And so I cannot swim. " Alas ! I was not born beneath The virgin and the scales, So I must curse my cruel stars, And walk about in Wales.  Humorous Poems - Pagina 37door Thomas Hood - 1893 - 236 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1822 - 494 pagina’s
...virgin and the seales," So I must curse my cruel -stars, And walk about in Wales. Now Ben had sail'd to many a place That's underneath the world ; But in two years the ship came home, And all the sails were furl'd. But when he call'd on Sally Brown, To see how she went on, He found she had... | |
 | 1822 - 734 pagina’s
...and the scales," So I must curse my cruel stars, And walk about in Л\'а!еа. Now Ben had sail'd to many a place That's underneath the world ; But in two years the ship came home, And all the sails were furl'd. But when he call'd on Sally Brown, To see how she went on, He found she'd got... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1823 - 572 pagina’s
...To the tender-ship you see ; The tender, cried poor Sally Brown, What a hard-ship that must be! ' 0! would I were a mermaid now, For then I'd follow him;...world ; But in two years the ship came home, And all the sails were furl'd. ' But when he call'd on Sally Brown, To see how she went on : He found she'd... | |
 | 1826 - 570 pagina’s
...virgin and the scales,' So I must curse my cruel stars, And walk about in Wales." Now Ben had sail'd to many a place That's underneath the world ; But in two years the ship came home, And all the sails were furl'd. But when he call'd on Sally Brown, To see how she went on, He found she'd got... | |
 | 1834 - 480 pagina’s
...Лс. Alas, I was not born beneath The virgin and the scales, So I must curse my cruel stars, And valk about in Wales. Now, Ben had sailed to many a place...world, But in two years the ship came home, ' And all the sails were furled. Too ral, &c. But when he called on Sally Brown, To see how she went on, He found... | |
 | 1835 - 320 pagina’s
...Too ral, &c. Alas, I was not born beneath The virgin and the scales, So I must curse my cruel stars, Now Ben had sailed to many a place' That's underneath...world, But in two years the ship came home, And all the sails were furled. Too ral, &c. But when he called on Sally Brown, To see how she went on, He found... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1847 - 314 pagina’s
...And so I cannot swim. " Alas ! I was not born beneath The virgin and the scales, Now Ben had sail'd to many a place That's underneath the world; But in...two years the ship came home, And all her sails were furl'd. But when he call'd on Sally Brown, To see how she got on, He found she 'd got another Ben,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1847 - 302 pagina’s
...Alas ! I was not born beneath The virgin and the scales, Now Ben had sail'd to many a place That 's underneath the world ; But in two years the ship came home, And all her sails were furl'd. But when he call'd on Sally Brown, To see how she got on, He found she 'd got another Ben,... | |
 | David Macbeth Moir - 1851 - 398 pagina’s
...;' ' The tender ship ! ' cried Sally Brown, ' What a hard-ship that must be ! , 254 "SALLY BROWN." Oh ! would I were a mermaid now, For then I'd follow...But when he called on Sally Brown, To see how she got on, He found she'd got another Ben, Whose Christian name was John. ' Oh Sally Brown, oh Sally Brown,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 pagina’s
...must be ! " Oh ! would I were a mermaid now, For then I'd follow him ; But oh ! I'm not a fish- woman, And so I cannot swim. " Alas ! I was not born beneath...But when he called on Sally Brown, To see how she got on, He found she'd got another Ben, Whose Christian name was John. " Oh Sally Brown, oh Sally Brown,... | |
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