Arthur Conan Doyle,
Songs of Action — A Rover Chanty
(1898)
“ Where none come back, though many must go: Ho, the bully rover Jack, Lying with his yard aback, Out upon the Lowland sea!Where is the trader of Stepney town? -- Wake her up! Shake her up! Every stick a-bending! Where is the trader of Stepney town? There's gold on the capstan, and blood on the gown: Ho for bully rover Jack, Waiting with his yard aback, Out upon the Lowland sea!Where is the maiden who knelt at his side? -- Wake her up! Shake her up! Every stitch a-drawing! ”
