Fifteen {{noun plural}} on the {{adjective}} man's chest—
Drink and the {{person}} had done for the rest—
The {{person}} was {{verb -ed}} by the bos'n's pike.
The bos'n {{verb -ed}} with a marlinspike
And Cookey's {{noun}} was marked belike
⁠⁠It had been gripped
⁠⁠⁠By {{noun plural}} ten;
⁠⁠And there they lay,
⁠All ⁠{{adjective}} dead {{noun plural -en}},
Like {{noun}} in a boozing-ken—
⁠Yo—ho—ho and a bottle of {{beverage}}!
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(Adapted from The Dead Man's Chest - Robert Louis Stevenson)