JACK CLUELINE
(M. Hodges.)
Levy Sheet Music Box 30 Item 39

Topsails a-back the ship hove to,
the berry head bore due north
Well we sounded fa-thoms fif-ty two
and each tar cheer-ly did his best
save one Jack clue-line down be-low
who bro-ken hear-ted there did lie
the sur-geon's art no more could do
at 3 P. M. poor Jack did die.

At 7 bells we fill'd and hauled
And down the channel bravely bore
Each sailor e're the watch was called
Went down poor Clueline to deplore
Says one Will Buntline to the rest
And stop my grog if now I lie
Of Seaman, Clueline was the best
But ah for love poor Jack did die

One Nancy Painter who at Deal
Moved Jack's affections and his fancy
But she no love for Jack did feel
Yet firm hhis heart was fix'd on Nancy
What tho' lifes morring chains did part
And here Will Buntline heard a sigh
He always steer'd by friendships chart
And true to love poor Jack did die.

'Twas at A. M. twixt two and three
Poor Jack we hove into the ocean
And then Will Buntline said to me
His Souls aloft gone for promotion
What tho' his bodys down below
Midst Sharks and Snappers there to lie
May no one here e're false love know
Or like poor Jack despairing die.