tobacco. "Full-and-plenty to eat, pipes goin' and the evenin's
enjoyment before us. Tune up on the mouth-organ, Sam, an' off she
goes with a song."

They had a mouth-organ in the bag which they took turns at
playing, and Bill led off with a song which he said was called

SPANISH GOLD

"When I was young I used to hold
I'd run away to sea,
And be a Pirate brave and bold
On the coast of Caribbee.

"For I sez to meself, `I'll fill me hold
With Spanish silver and Spanish gold,
And out of every ship I sink
I'll collar the best of food and drink.

"`For Caribbee, or Barbaree,
Or the shores of South Amerikee
Are all the same to a Pirate bold,
Whose thoughts are fixed on Spanish gold.'

"So one fine day I runs away
A Pirate for to be;
But I found there was never a Pirate left
On the coast of Caribbee.

"For Pirates go, but their next of kin