The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #62948 Message #2680666
Posted By: GUEST,Lighter
15-Jul-09 - 08:59 AM
Thread Name: Origins: The Rosabella
Subject: RE: Origins: The Rosabella
For example, W. C. Bennett's "Sea Songs" (1878), p. 78:
Tight and saucy--tight and saucy,
Trim's the ship we hail from.
Remember that ships are traditionally female.