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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SHIP OF RIO, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: There was a ship of rio
Last Line: For nuts across the sand!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Monkeys; Sea; Ocean
First Line: There was a ship of rio
Last Line: For nuts across the sand!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Monkeys; Sea; Ocean
There was a ship of Rio
Sailed out into the blue,
And nine and ninety monkeys
Were all her jovial crew.
From bo'sun to the cabin boy,
From quarter to caboose,
There weren't a stitch of calico
To breech 'em -- tight or loose;
From spar to deck, from deck to keel,
From barnacle to shroud,
There weren't one pair of reach-me-downs
To all that jabbering crowd.
But wasn't it a gladsome sight,
When roared the deep-sea gales,
To see them reef her fore and aft,
A-swinging by their tails!
Oh, wasn't it a gladsome sight,
When glassy calm did come,
To see them squatting tailor-wise
Around a keg of rum!
Oh, wasn't it a gladsome sight,
When in she sailed to land,
To see them all a-scampering skip
For nuts across the sand!
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