Fifteen men on the Dead Man's Chest

Fifteen men on the Dead Man's Chest

Original Text
R. L. Stevenson, Treasure Island (London and Glasgow: Collins, 1953): 27
1Fifteen men on the Dead Man's Chest --
2    Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!
3Drink and the devil had done for the rest --
4    Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!

Notes

3] done for: finished off. Back to Line
Publication Start Year
1883
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition
2003
Rhyme
abab