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THE SEALS

Chorus.

For the Halls tha are upon the look out
  Tha love to see a seäl,
An when tha git well in my boys
  He's bound to taäste a meäl.


2.

The owd seäl said unto his wife,
  Yon's sumthing coming sudden,
We must soon muster out o' this
  Or we shall get plum-pudden.


Chorus.

For the Halls they are upon the look out
  Tha love to see a seäl,
An when they git well in my boys
  He's bound to taäste a meäl.


SEÄLS ON THE LONG SAND.


1.

Bill and Jim was shoving down the North
  And keepin close to the land,
Jim says to Bill, we'll pull across,
  Right ower to the Long Sand.[1]


Chorus, after each verse.

For the Halls tha are upon the look out,
  Tha love to see a seäl,
An when tha git well in my boys,
  He's bound to taäste a meäl.


2.

And when tha hed got ower
  Tha hed a cheerful feel.
Bill says to Jim "What greät heäd's yon?"
  It must be a monstrous seäl.


3.

For his eyes like fire they did shine
  An his teeth was long an white,
Then slap bang went boäth the guns,
  An he wished 'em boäth good-night.


4.

Well done, my lad! We've hit 'im hard,
  He'll niver git ashore,
For I knaw his head will ake to-day
  And 'twill be very sore.

  1. On the outer side of Boston Deeps opposite Friskney Flats.