Meditations of a Mariner by Wallace Irwin

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A-watchin how the sea behaves

For hours and hours I sit;

And I know the sea is full o' waves--

I've often noticed it.

For on the deck each starry night

The wild waves and the tame

I counts and knows 'em all by sight.

And some of 'em by name.

And then I thinks a cove like me

Ain't got no right to roam;

For I'm homesick when I puts to sea

And seasick when I'm home.