Adventures of Captain KettleG.W. Dillingham Company, 1898 - 306 pages |
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50 cents ahead amongst Armenia ashore asked astern barque beach berth boat Borneo Bucky O'Connor Cancelario Captain Kettle Captain Owen Kettle cargo Carnforth carried chance chart-house cheroots Clare Cloth coal Cortolvin crew cried Dago deck Donna Clotilde Duncansby Head engines eyes face fellow fight fingers garotte Gedge Gedge's give grimy guess guns hand hatches head hear hour island James Jeddah keep Kettle's knew ladder lifeboat little sailor living look matter McTodd minute Miss Carnegie mulatto Murgatroyd never night oilskins once owner passengers port Purser red-haired reefs round Saigon sailed second mate seemed ship shoot shot side sigh skipper South Shields steam steamboat steamer stood Sultan of Borneo Sultan of Labuan talk tell there's thing thought took turned ugly upper bridge watch whilst whisky wish yacht
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Page 35 - Way down upon the Swanee River, Far far away, There's where my heart is turning ever, There's where the old folks stay. All up and down the whole creation, Sadly I roam, Still longing for the old plantation, And for the old folks at home.