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A fisherman's walk: three steps and overboard.
A fisherman's walk: three steps and overboard.
 Oh, the gallant fisher's life,
 It is the best of any
  'Tis full of pleasure, void of read more 
 Oh, the gallant fisher's life,
 It is the best of any
  'Tis full of pleasure, void of strife,
   And 'tis beloved of many. 
 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of 
men.  
 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of 
men. 
Meek Walton's heavenly memory.
Meek Walton's heavenly memory.
 Can the fish love the fisherman?
 [Lat., Piscatorem piscis amare potest?]  
 Can the fish love the fisherman?
 [Lat., Piscatorem piscis amare potest?] 
 The fisherman could perhaps be bought for less than the fish.
 [Lat., Potuit fortasse minoria
  Piscator quam read more 
 The fisherman could perhaps be bought for less than the fish.
 [Lat., Potuit fortasse minoria
  Piscator quam piscis emi.] 
 Oh the brave Fisher's life,
 It is the best of any,
  'Tis full of pleasure, void of read more 
 Oh the brave Fisher's life,
 It is the best of any,
  'Tis full of pleasure, void of strife,
   And 'tis belov'd of many:
    Other joys Are but toys;
     Only this Lawful is,
      For our skill Breeds no ill,
       But content and pleasure. 
 Praise be to Nero's Neptune
 The Titanic sails at dawn
  And everybody's shouting
   "Which read more 
 Praise be to Nero's Neptune
 The Titanic sails at dawn
  And everybody's shouting
   "Which Side Are You On?"
    And Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot
     Fighting in the captain's tower
      While calypso singers laugh at them
       And fishermen hold flowers. 
 Three fishers went sailing away to the west,
 Away to the west as the sun went down;
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 Three fishers went sailing away to the west,
 Away to the west as the sun went down;
  Each thought on the woman who loved him the best,
   And the children stood watching them out of the town.