. St. Nicholas [serial]. 262 THE WANDERERS. [Jan. We ve et such things as human teeth Aint never et before ;We ve knuckled down to mates-es-es As walked us like a floor; Says Bill: The ways of human life From me is mostly hid ;I cant account for all, he says, Of what we ups an did. 55^. ?*!Ifj|5|f p! Jt( : An comes across the cannibals, an spretty nearly , At Mozambique we runs away As fast as we could get,An comes across the cannibals, An s pretty nearly et, An then again at Calla-o We skips without designs,An s took up by the govement, An set to work in mines. Oh, pretty was them mountain-to
. St. Nicholas [serial]. 262 THE WANDERERS. [Jan. We ve et such things as human teeth Aint never et before ;We ve knuckled down to mates-es-es As walked us like a floor; Says Bill: The ways of human life From me is mostly hid ;I cant account for all, he says, Of what we ups an did. 55^. ?*!Ifj|5|f p! Jt( : An comes across the cannibals, an spretty nearly , At Mozambique we runs away As fast as we could get,An comes across the cannibals, An s pretty nearly et, An then again at Calla-o We skips without designs,An s took up by the govement, An set to work in mines. Oh, pretty was them mountain-tops An valleys where we hid,But we most died of hungriness, Says Bill— that s what we did. I m thinkin of these things, says Bill, An wonderin more an more; It makes my mind quite set, he says, To live a spell ashore; Once let me see the lights, he says, The lights o Boston Bay,I dont go sailin out no moreFor any capns pay. Then Bill he sighs tre-men-jous-lee ; The lookout gives a shout;The capn comes upon the deck, An orders us about; The waves is sloppin of her sides, The harbor lights we see,An tears is dewin of the cheeks Of Bill an likewise me. Says Bill: Oh, see them lights, he says: Out yonder now is home !This here s a lesson to us both,A lesson not to roam — An we
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