by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
The jolly English Yellowboy
Language: English
The jolly English Yellowboy Is a 'ansome coin when new, The Yankee Double-eagle Is large enough for two. O, these may do for seaport towns, For cities these may do; But the dibbs that takes the Hislands Are the dollars of Peru: O, the fine Pacific Hislands, O, the dollars of Peru! It's there we buy the cocoanuts Mast 'eaded in the blue; It's there we trap the lasses All awaiting for the crew; It's there we buy the trader's rum What bores a seaman through ... ... In the fine Pacific Hislands With the dollars of Peru: In the fine Pacific Hislands With the dollars of Peru! Now, messmates, when my watch is up And I am quite broached to, I'll give a tip to 'Evving Of the 'ansome thing to do: Let 'em just refit this sailor-man And launch him off anew To cruise among the Hislands Of the dollars of Peru: In the fine Pacific Hislands With the dollars of Peru!
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First published in Longman's Magazine, January 1889Authorship:
- by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "The Fine Pacific Island" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by John Brown Russell Whitfield , "The jolly English Yellowboy", published 1954. [chorus and piano] [text not verified]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2008-12-08
Line count: 30
Word count: 164