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Charles Dibdin

I lived from 1745-1814. I was from Great Britain, and am in the English category.

4 March 1745? - 25 July 1814), British musician, dramatist, novelist, actor and songwriter, the son of a parish clerk, was born in Southampton on or before the 4th of March 1745, and was the youngest of a family of 18.

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  • For England when with favoring gale
    For England when with favoring gale
    Our gallant ship up channel steered,
    28 lines
  • Poor Jack
    Go, patter to lubbers and swabs, do ye see,
    'Bout danger, and fear, and the like;
    48 lines
  • The Lass That Loves A Sailor
    The moon on the ocean
    Was dimmed by a ripple
    45 lines
  • Love's Secrets
    Love's eye should but answer the beam that invites it,
    The glance that tells secrets true heart never won,
    12 lines
  • The Token
    The breeze was fresh, the ship was in stays,
    Each breaker hush'd, the shore a haze,
    43 lines
  • The Sailor's Consolation
    One night came on a hurricane,
    The sea was mountains rolling,
    32 lines
  • The Lass That Loves A Sailor
    The moon on the ocean
    Was dimmed by a ripple
    45 lines
  • The Jolly Young Waterman
    And did you not hear of a jolly young waterman,
    Who at Blackfriar's Bridge used for to ply;
    28 lines
  • Negro Slave
    YE children of Pleasure, come hither and see
      A sight that shall check your irreverent glee!
    25 lines
  • Ben Backstay
    Ben Backstay lov'd the gentle Anna:
    Constant as purity was she;
    25 lines
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