11 September 2001
Note the song that the men sing as the ship sails. Where have you read it before?
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“Fifteen men on the dead man's chest—”
And then the whole crew bore chorus:—
“Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!”
And at the third “Ho!” drove the bars before them with a will.
Even at that exciting moment it carried me back to the old Admiral Benbow in a second, and I seemed to hear the voice of the captain piping in the chorus.
Billy Bones sand this song while staying at Jim's family's inn.
Treasure Island