Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold
And the mate of the Nancy brig,
And a bo'sun tight and a midshipmite
And the crew of the captain's gig.
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The Yarn of the "Nancy Bell". Compare: There were three sailors of Bristol city / Who took a boat and went to sea. / But first with beef and captain's biscuits / And pickled pork they loaded she. / There was gorging Jack and guzzling Jimmy, / And the youngest he was little Billee. / Now when they got as far as the Equator / They'd nothing left but one split pea. / W. M. Thackeray: Little Billee.