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SEAMAN'S RESPONSE

Attributed to instructions given to Midshipment at the U.S. Naval Academy

 Hereby the following response when inquiries are made into how long sailors have been Men of the Sea:

All me bloomin’ life, sar !

Me fither was King Neptune;

Me mither was a mermaid !

I was born on de crest of a wave

And rocked in de cradle of de deep.

Me eyes is stars, me teeth is spars,

Me hair is hemp and seaweed;

When I spits, I spits tar !

I’s tough, I is, Iam, I are !

SAR !