Fifteen men on the Dead Man's Chest

Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850 - 1894)

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

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