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tures in forcign lands, and afterwards described part
of his experiences in a song, to which the doctor
played an accompaniment behind the scenes. The
words were composed by himself, sung to the well-
known Scotch air, “ Corn Riggs,” and ran as follows :—

THE JOLLY TAR.

My comrades, you must know
lt was many years ago
TI left my daddy’s cottage in the greenwood O!
And I jined a man-o’-war
An’ became a jolly tar,
An’ fought for king and country on the high seas O !
Pull, boys, cheerily, our home is on the sea.
Pull, boys, merrily and lightly O!
Pull, boys, cheerily, the wind is passing free
Aw whirling up the foam an’ water sky-high O!

There’s been many a noble fight,
But Trafalgar was the sight
That beat the Greeks and Romans in their glory O!
For Britain’s jolly sons
Worked the thunder-blazing guns,
And Nelson stood the bravest in the fore-front O!
Pull, boys, ete.

A roaring cannon shot
Came ai’ hit the very spot
Where my leg goes click-an’-jumble in the socket O!
And swept it overboard
With the precious little hoard
Of pipe an’ tin an’ bacey in the pocket O!
Pull, boys, ete.

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They took me down below,
Av they laid me with a row
Of killed and wounded messmates on a table O}
Then up comes Dr. Keg,
An’ says, Here’s a livin’ leg
Tl sew wpon the sttunp if Lam able 0!
Pull, boys, ete.