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The Liner she's a lady, an' she never looks nor 'eeds—

Quote byRudyard Kipling · 1865–1936

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Seven Seas (1896), The Liner She's a Lady, Stanza 1 (1895)..

English (original)

The Liner she's a lady, an' she never looks nor 'eeds— The Man-o'-War's 'er 'usband, an' 'e gives 'er all she needs; But, oh, the little cargo-boats, that sail the wet seas roun', They're just the same as you an' me a-plyin' up an' down!

— Rudyard Kipling

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