Sea Change
" G ONEYS an' gullies an' all o' the birds o' the sea
They ain't no birds, not really, " said Billy the Dane.
" Not mollies, nor gullies, nor goneys at all, " said he,
" But simply the sperrits of mariners livin' again.
" Them birds goin' fishin' is nothin' but souls o' the drowned,
Souls o' the drowned an' the kicked as are never no more;
An' that there haughty old albatross cruisin' around,
Belike he 's Admiral Nelson or Admiral Noah.
" An' merry 's the life they are living. They settle and dip,
They fishes, they never stands watches, they waggle their wings;
When a ship comes by, they fly to look at the ship
To see how the nowaday mariners manages things.
" When freezing aloft in a snorter, I tell you I wish —
(Though maybe it ain't like a Christian) — I wish I could be
A haughty old copper-bound albatross dipping for fish
And coming the proud over all o' the birds o' the sea. "
They ain't no birds, not really, " said Billy the Dane.
" Not mollies, nor gullies, nor goneys at all, " said he,
" But simply the sperrits of mariners livin' again.
" Them birds goin' fishin' is nothin' but souls o' the drowned,
Souls o' the drowned an' the kicked as are never no more;
An' that there haughty old albatross cruisin' around,
Belike he 's Admiral Nelson or Admiral Noah.
" An' merry 's the life they are living. They settle and dip,
They fishes, they never stands watches, they waggle their wings;
When a ship comes by, they fly to look at the ship
To see how the nowaday mariners manages things.
" When freezing aloft in a snorter, I tell you I wish —
(Though maybe it ain't like a Christian) — I wish I could be
A haughty old copper-bound albatross dipping for fish
And coming the proud over all o' the birds o' the sea. "
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