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Chapter 100: Leg and Arm -- The Pequod, of Nantucket, meets the Samuel Enderby, of London

You gave a leg and I gave an arm --
Let's shake bones together!
We thrilled for the Whale; we both came to harm --
In whiteness stained forever.

Both taken by the do-run-run --
Where the lust begun
I can't begin to say.

Once clinging to a grim resolve,
And so our flesh dissolved,
It melted away!

Our doctor's a drunk; he left me a stump,
Presenting Dr. Bunger!
"The captain, that man, with hammer for hand,
Clubbed me in a passion!"

(both:)
Oh Bunger, you're a rascal, man / Oh Boomer, so facetious, man
You didn't feel my hand / I never drank a dram
No matter what you say! / No matter what you say!

Oh Bunger, nothing like you man!
"And neither you, captain!"
(both:)
We'll laugh all the day! / We'll laugh all the day!

You gave a leg and I gave an arm --
Let's shake bones together!
We thrilled for the Whale; we both came to harm --
Let's shake bones together!
Let's shake bones together!

© and ℗ 2010 Patrick Shea

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from Call Me Ishmael; volume 4, released January 1, 2010

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Patrick Shea Brooklyn, New York

Patrick is a nerd, a book lover, a math afficianado, an Ishmael, and an Ahab. He lives in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn with his wife and two daughters. He grew up in Portland, OR; and has also lived in Grinnell, IA (for college); and Austin, TX.

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