The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) Page 26
MEDITATIONS OF A MARINER[4]
BY WALLACE IRWIN
A-watchin' how the sea behaves For hours and hours I sit; And I know the sea is full o' waves-- I've often noticed it.
For on the deck each starry night The wild waves and the tame I counts and knows 'em all by sight And some of 'em by name.
And then I thinks a cove like me Ain't got no right to roam; For I'm homesick when I puts to sea And seasick when I'm home.
[Footnote 4: From "Nautical Lays of a Landsman," by Wallace Irwin.Copyright, 1904, by Dodd, Mead & Co.]