H.M.S. "PINAFORE"
And the crew sang, rather slyly:
What, never?
Replied he:
No, never!
The crew, more slyly still:
What, never?
And the Captain, whose experience of his former wife had taught him that even the most amiable married people will fall out occasionally, replied:
Hardly ever!
Hardly ever be unkind to thee!
And they all sang:
Then give three cheers and one cheer more
For the hardy seamen of the Pinafore!
For he is an Englishman,
And he himself hath said it,
And it 's greatly to his credit
That he is an Englishman!
For he might have been a Rooshian,
A French, or Turk, or Prooshian,
Or perhaps I-tal-i-an!
But, in spite of all temptations
To belong to other nations,
He remains an Englishman!
In short, there were general rejoicings all round. Lemon ice, shoulders of mutton, ginger-beer and
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