80 336 346 ^ view for all that they instinctively they knew felt that Billy was
a bully boy, was a a ^ sort of true man ^ as incapable
of wilful murder . ,HS alike of ^ causeless mutiny as as of
wilful murder. The They recalled his
the fresh ^ young image of the handsome Handsome Sailor, its beauty
and those features that face upon which they
had never seen a su scHS never deformed by any a
sneer or vile ^ subtler vile freak within. of the heart within.
Their This impression of him took was doutless
deepened by his end the fact that he was
goe gone , and ^ in a measure mysteriously gone. The general ^ estimate of his nature
and its ^ unconscious bravery of simplicity


feeling on On at the time the gun decks of the Indomitable"^ found The general estimate
of his nature
and its unconscious simplicity

eventually found rude utterance from one of his mates, own watch one
another a of the ^ foretopmen gifted , with as frequent some
sailors are, with an artless the a poetic temperament ; .
written but his wholly He composed tarry hand made ^ some lines
These The some lines that follow whereof the title
is his own. a ballad which after circulating
80 336 346 ^ view for all that they instinctively they knew felt that Billy was
a bully boy, was a a ^ sort of true man ^ as incapable
of wilful murder . ,HS alike of ^ causeless mutiny as as of
wilful murder. The They recalled his
the fresh ^ young image of the handsome Handsome Sailor, its beauty
and those features that face upon which they
had never seen a su scHS never deformed by any a
sneer or vile ^ subtler vile freak within. of the heart within.
Their This impression of him took was doutless
deepened by his end the fact that he was
goe gone , and ^ in a measure mysteriously gone. The general ^ estimate of his nature
and its ^ unconscious bravery of simplicity


feeling on On at the time the gun decks of the Indomitable"^ found The general estimate
of his nature
and its unconscious simplicity

eventually found rude utterance from one of his mates, own watch one
another a of the ^ foretopmen gifted , with as frequent some
sailors are, with an artless the a poetic temperament ; .
written but his wholly He composed tarry hand made ^ some lines
These The some lines that follow whereof the title
is his own. a ballad which after circulating

Transcribed by: John Bryant