Judge — December 22, 1906 — page 11: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

A LAY OF LO is the corner, high and dey, deseried by the tide, Dismantled and forlorn she lies, of paint and varnish bare ; Her rigging now strewn far and wide, Bereft of all her ancient pride Which once the elements defied— ‘The old ship Rocking Chair, yeo ho! ‘The good ship Rocking Chair. Yeo ho, my lads! but those were times when, braving storm and squall, ‘We cast her off from Pantry Port, and rolling scuppers under, Past Fire-place Cove with heave and haul We set the main top-gallant shawl, And sank a drifting bassock yaw! Mid peals of tea-tray thunder— Yeo ho! icebergs and thunder, Ho! run the Jolly Roger up, and give the wheel a turn; Call on that arm-chair galleon to strike her colors low. Load grape and rake her stem to stern: Ho, boarders! take her, loot and burn. THE SPANISH MAIN Cease not until those Spaniards fearn Respect for such a foe. Yeo ho! And clap them down below. ‘Then loomed Cape Hatrack through the fog, upon the bow to lee, And skirting ‘neath Piano Cliffs, the wind upon the quarter, Through Table Bay and Carpet Sea Past Bookcase Island running free, ‘We warped her up to Sofa Quay In sunny tranquil water— Yeo ho! in tropic water. . . . . . . . In liners, aye, and luggers, too, I've sailed in work and play: And who shall say more dangers lay or pleasures sought me there ? I'm tempted sore, some rainy day, A buccaneering course to lay From Pantry Port to Table Bay In the old ship, Rocking Chair. Yeo ho! ‘The good ship, Rocking Chatr. comicbooks.com