MV BEDIS:
ABOAT

 

Nurse helps me in when I em-
bark;
She girds me in my sailor’s coat

And starts me in the dark.

 

At night, I go on board and say
Good-night to all my friends on shore ;
I shut my eyes and sail away
And see and hear no more.

And sometimes things to bed I take,
As prudent sailors have to de:

Perhaps a slice of wedding-cake,
Perhaps a toy or two.

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