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O Ranzo was no sailor,
He shipped on board a whaler
O pity Reuben Ran-zo, Ran-zo, boys!
O poor old Reuben Ranzo, Ranzo, boys!
--Reuben Ranzo
Captain Mayo kept out of the region of the white lights for soinia port, and he knew the
beaten paths of the stea transients, ashore for a bit of a blow
He lurked in alleys, feeling especially disreputable He was not at
all sure that his make-up was effective His own self-consciousness
convinced hi fraud, whose identity would be
revealed promptly to any person who knew him But while he sneaked in
the purlieus of the city several of his 'longshore friends passed hiineer on a Union line freighter,
whirled after passing, and came back to him
"Got a job, boy?"
"No, sir"
"We need coal-passers on the Dru"
But it was not according to Mayo's calculation,with steamboat