szwagier_z_niemodlina
31.05.10, 10:44
OLD HORSE! OLD HORSE! WHAT BROUGHT YOU HERE?
FROM SACARAP' TO PORTLAND PIER
I'VE CARTED STONE THIS MANY A YEAR;
TILL, KILLED BY BLOWS AND SORE ABUSE,
THEY SALTED ME DOWN FOR SAILORS' USE.
THE SAILORS THEY DO ME DESPISE;
THEY TURN ME OVER AND DAMN MY EYES;
CUT OFF MY MEAT, AND SCRAPE MY BONES,
AND PITCH ME OVER TO DAVY JONES.
SAILORS' COMPLAINT ABOUT THE BEEF
SERVED ON SHIPBOARD, CIRCA 1835.