Walk Around Chanty BY CAPTAIN Q. C. A. CKAUFURD, R.N., Honorary Secretary of the Dungeness Life-boat Station.

" We were much relieved, when dawn broke, to see our boat beating home in the offing. As there had been no news of her all night some of us had feared that she might have been overwhelmed. There was still a very heavy surf and I judged it necessary to engage extra helpers. Most of the women launchers had been up all night and looked tired and it was essential to get the boat out of the surf as quick as possible."—-Honorary Secretary's Report.

Come, ladies, man the capstan bars, Capstan bars, the capstan bars, Come, ladies, man the capstan bars And warp your husbands in.

Most of you women 'ave spent the night.

Terrible night, oh a dirty night, Watching an' waitin' for mornin' light, To know will ever they come.

Screechin' voice of the south-east gale, South-east gale, a proper gale, Scream an' roar wi' answerin' wail, An' they in the tumblin' foam.

Crash an' send of the salt sea waves, Salt sea waves, great green back waves, Breakers ravin' for seamen's graves, Murmurin' Davy Jones.

Hours of darkness creepin' by, Slowly creepin', creepin' by, Flush o' dawn in the weather sky, An' then the watch is done.

So merrily heave the capstan bars, The capstan bars, the capstan bars, Ho merrily heave the capstan bars An' welcome Life-boat home.

This chanty about the women launchers of Dungeness, who recently received a special award for their gallantry (see the last issue O/THE LIFE-BOAT) is the first of nine Life- boat chanties by Captain Craufurd, which he has generously given to the Institution.

They are published together in a book with coloured cover, price 6d., and can be had from the Institution. Branch Honorary Secretaries can obtain copies at a cheaper rate for sale on behalf of the Branch funds..