INCLUSIVE EDITION, 1885-1918 729
FRANKIE'S TRADE
/~)LD Horn to All Atlantic said:
(A-hay ! To me /) "Now where did Frankie learn his trade? For he ran me down with a three-reef mains'le." (All round the Horn /)
Atlantic answered: "Not from me! You'd better ask the cold North Sea, For he ran me down under all plain canvas." (All round the Horn /)
The North Sea answered: "He's my man, For he came to me when he began Frankie Drake in an open coaster. (All round the Sands /)
"I caught him young and I used him sore, So you never shall startle Frankie more, Without capsizing Earth and her waters. (All round the Sands /)
"I did not favour him at all. I made him pull and I made him haul And stand his trick with the common sailors. (All round the Sands !)
"I froze him stiff and I fogged him blind, And kicked him home with his road to find By what he could see in a three-day snow-storm. (All round the Sands /)
