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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!

About the headline (FAQ)

First published in Longman's Magazine, January 1889

Text Authorship:

  • 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: 162

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