The MISTAKE.
18th Century William Taylor EnglishThe MISTAKE.
By the Same.
A Cannon ball, one bloody day, Took a poor sailor's leg away; And, as on 'his comrade's back he made off, A second fairly took his head off. The fellow, on this odd emergence, Carries him pick-back to the surgeons.
Z—ds! cries the Doctor, are you drunk, To bring me here an headless trunk?
A lying dog! cries Jack, — he said His leg was off, and not his head.