There was a young lady at sea
Who complained that it hurt her to pee.
Said the brawny old mate:
That accounts for the fate
Of the cook, and the captain, and me.
Norman Douglas:
"It is to be hoped that the vessel carried a duly qualified surgeon, else one or the other of the sufferers might have been in hospital later on. A neglected clap is not all beer and skittles – beer, indeed, is strictly to be avoided, and jerky games may send the gonococks lower down with sad consequences, unless you are wearing a suspender. And even then....
"Readers will note the genial conciseness of these lines. How much truer poetry they are than a great deal of what is printed under that name!"