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    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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And that all seas are made calme and still with oile; and
therefore the Divers under the water doe read more

And that all seas are made calme and still with oile; and
therefore the Divers under the water doe spirt and sprinkle it
abroad with their mouthes because it dulceth and allaieth the
unpleasant nature thereof, and carrieth a light with it.

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There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft,
To keep watch for the life of poor Jack.

There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft,
To keep watch for the life of poor Jack.

by Charles Dibdin Found in: Navigation Quotes,
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Though pleas'd to see the dolphins play,
I mind my compass and my way.

Though pleas'd to see the dolphins play,
I mind my compass and my way.

by Matthew Green Found in: Navigation Quotes,
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For they say there's a Providence sits up aloft
To keep watch for the life of poor Jack.

For they say there's a Providence sits up aloft
To keep watch for the life of poor Jack.

by Charles Dibdin Found in: Navigation Quotes,
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Ye gentlemen of England
That live at home at ease,
Ah! little do you think upon
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Ye gentlemen of England
That live at home at ease,
Ah! little do you think upon
The dangers of the seas.

by Martyn Parker Found in: Navigation Quotes,
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Thus far we run before the wind.

Thus far we run before the wind.

by Arthur Murphy Found in: Navigation Quotes,
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Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar
Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car;
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Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar
Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car;
Or on wide waving wings expanded bear
The flying chariot through the fields of air.

by Erasmus Darwin Found in: Navigation Quotes,
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Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.

Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.

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The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest
navigators.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest
navigators.

by Edward Gibbon Found in: Navigation Quotes,
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