| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 4646 |
| AUTHOR: | Charles Dibdin (1745–1814) |
| QUOTATION: | Spanking Jack was so comely, so pleasant, so jolly,
Though winds blew great guns, still he ’d whistle and sing;
Jack loved his friend, and was true to his Molly,
And if honour gives greatness, was great as a king. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Sailor’s Consolation. 1 |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| | Note 1.
A song with this title, beginning, “One night came on a hurricane,” was written by William Pitt, of Malta, who died in 1840. [back] |
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