"--_Nenagh Guardian_.
The young "Rips"!
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[Illustration: _National Service Volunteer_ (_late crack billiard
player_). "MARKER, HAND ME THE REST."]
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="IN PRIZE."=
A ship was built in Glasgow, and oh, she looked a daisy
(Just the way that some ships do!)
An' the only thing against 'er was she allus steered so crazy
(An' it's true, my Johnny Bowline, true!)
They sent 'er out in ballast to Oregon for lumber,
An' before she dropped 'er pilot she all but lost 'er number.
They sold 'er into Norway because she steered so funny,
An' she nearly went to glory before they drawed the money.
They sold 'er out o' Norway--they sold 'er into Chile,
An' Chile got a bargain because she steered so silly.
They chartered 'er to Germans with a bunch o' greasers forrard;
Old shellbacks wouldn't touch 'er because she steered so 'orrid.
She set a course for Bremen with contraband inside 'er,
An' she might 'ave got there some time if a cruiser 'adn't spied 'er.
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