Quote#Love
Spanking Jack was so comely, so pleasant, so jolly
Quote byCharles Dibdin · 1745–1814
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Sailor’s Consolation. A song with this title, beginning, "One night came on a hurricane", was written by William Pitt, of Malta, who died in 1840..
English (original)
Spanking Jack was so comely, so pleasant, so jolly, Though winds blew great guns, still he ’d whistle and sing; Jack loved his friend, and was true to his Molly, And if honour gives greatness, was great as a king.
— Charles Dibdin
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