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One by the knife did part wi' life And three the bullet took O, But three times three died plaguily A-wriggling on a hook O. A hook both strong and bright and long, They died by gash o' hook O. So cheerly O and cheerly O, Come shake a leg, lads, all O. Wi' a yo-ho-ho and a rumbelow And main-haul, shipmates, haul O. Some swam in rum to kingdom come, Full many a lusty fellow.
"Why, here's a leading question but mum! Here's a hand that knoweth not what doth its fellow mum, boy, mum!" And tilting back his head he brake forth anew into his villainous song: "Two on a knife did end their life And three the bullet took O, But three times three died plaguily A-wriggling on a hook O. Sing cheerly O and cheerly O, They died by gash o' hook O."
But scarce was I gone a yard than I stopped all at once, as from somewhere in the gathering shadows about me, plain to be heard, came the sound of a voice hoarse but tuneful, upraised in song, and these the words: "Some by the knife did part wi' life And some the bullet took O. But three times three died plaguily A-wriggling on a hook O. A hook both long and sharp and strong They died by gash o' hook O."
"By their speech, master I was a mariner once and moreover by a ranting, hell-fire chorus." "Ha!" says Penfeather, shooting a glance at me. "A chorus, was it?" "Aye, master, concerning murder and what not." "And the words running like this 'Two on a knife did part wi' life And three a bullet took O! But three times three died plaguily A-wriggling on a hook O! Was that the way of it?"
Now Resolution sat in the mouth of the small cave I have mentioned and I noticed he had slipped his right hand behind him and sat thus, very still, his gaze on the dying fire like one hearkening very eagerly for distant sounds, wherefore I did the like and thus, from somewhere amid the shadowy thickets, I heard Tressady sing again that evil song of his: "Two by the knife did lose their life And three the bullet took O. But three times three died plaguily A-wriggling "
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