...ship ** Pentagoet, " has sailed the ocean for twenty continuous years, and believes in the— « — sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jaclc.» He related the following instance of the interposition of an unseen power : « At the time...

...don't think me a milksop so soft To be taken for trifles aback ; For they say there's a Providence sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack I I heard our good chaplain palaver one day About souls, heaven, mercy, and such ; And, my timbers...

...clearly to me oft That Providence takes us in tow : For, says he, do you mind me, let storms ne'er so oft Take the topsails of sailors aback, There 'sa...up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack ! I said to our Poll (for d 'ye see, she would cry When last we weighed anchor for sea), What argufies...

...come down below ; And a many fine things that proved clearly to me That Providence takes us in tow : next night It came again, with Ҭ ۴ 0 There's a sweet little cherub that site up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. I said to...

...the helm, who hummed over Dibdin's characi7th Aug. tenstic air :— " They say there 'sa Providence sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack." TuMdir, The weather had been very gentle all night, and, about four in the iSthAng. mom ing O f the...

...exit, we will die free men. Obsercationt on the Botton Port Bill, 1774. CHARLES DIBDIN. 1745-1814. There 'sa sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. poor jack. Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle ? He was all for love, and a little for the bottle....

...comes down below ; And many fine things, which prove clearly to me That Providence takes us in tow. For says he, do you mind me, let storms e'er so oft Take the topsails of sailors aback, There's a sweet little Cherub that sits up aloft To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. We found...

...tow. For says he, do you mind me, let storms e'er so oft Take the topsails of sailors aback, There's a sweet little Cherub that sits up aloft To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. We found at Halifax the commander-in-chief on the North American station, Commodore Herbert Sawyer,...

...come down below; And a many fine things that proved clearly to me That Providence takes us in tow: " For," says he, do you mind me, " let storms e'er so...up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack! " I said to our Poll, — for, d' ye see, she would cry— When last we weighed anchor for sea, " What...

...of Providence and the childlikei ness of trust. As they heard that word of confidence, " There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack," or that tender tribute to Tom Bowling, — " Whose body Is under hatches, But his soul ia gone aloft,"...