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A LYRICAL poem composed by Sadler, and by him sung inharmoniously to a banjo:
"I'm, so to speak, shanghaied to sea; / And who you think my shipmates be? / One family of millionaires, / Rambling the deep in search of heirs; / One hypnotiser Oriental; / One orphan maiden ornamental; / One widowed cat; one spinster hen; / A crew of blue-eyed Swedish men; / One head of hair too hot for wearing; / One captive monarch spanked for swearing