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Charles Dibdin: Frasi in inglese

“Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle?
He was all for love, and a little for the bottle.”

Captain Wattle and Miss Roe.

“His form was of the manliest beauty,
His heart was kind and soft;
Faithful below he did his duty,
But now he ’s gone aloft.”

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Tom Bowling (c. 1788).

“For a soldier I listed, to grow great in fame.
And be shot at for sixpence a day.”

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Letters (c. 1774).

“Spanking Jack was so comely, so pleasant, so jolly,
Though winds blew great guns, still he ’d whistle and sing;
Jack loved his friend, and was true to his Molly,
And if honour gives greatness, was great as a king.”

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The Sailor’s Consolation. A song with this title, beginning, "One night came on a hurricane", was written by William Pitt, of Malta, who died in 1840.

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

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Poor Jack (c. 1788).

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