Pulling Chanty.

BY CAPTAIN Q. C. A. CRAUFURD, R.N., honorary secretary of the Dungeness life-boat station.

" Our men have the advantage of a local knowledge which, if it had been taken into account by the captain, would have saved his ship from becoming a wreck.

There are such things as eddies and overfalls at certain states of the tide which the local fishermen know well how to take advantage of."—Honorary Secretary's Report.

We ain't fitten for church parade An' all sich things as the like o' that, Dossy brass buttons an' golden braid An' all sich things as the like o' that.

Plain sou' wester an' oily coat, Thole pin, grummet an' pullin' boat, We got bizness to do afloat An' all sich things as the like o' that.

Liner sailors wat gibes an' boasts An' all sich men as the like o' that, Got somethin' to learn if they strike our coasts An' all sich things as the like o' that.

We be local an' bound to know Tide-rip, bubble an' undertow, Scour an' eddy an' overflow An' all sich things as the like o' that.

Man works nat'ral as nature made An' all sich things as the like o' that, Some to the agricultural trade An' all sich things as the like o' that.

We ain't callen to plough the land, Watchin' the ebb when we digs the sand, Drivin' our fullows wi' tiller'n hand An' all sich things as the like o' that.

So when they calls for a life-boat crew An' all sich things as the like o' that, Fishermen knows what they wants to do An' all sich things as the like o' that.

We don't bother wi' heroes bold, But we be usen to wet an' cold An' we can stick un an' haul an' hold An' all sich things as the like o' that.

This chanty is the third 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 Qd., 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..