Posted by Adam Quinan on November 05, 2009 at 10:23:44 user Adam.
In Reply to: Re: Literary allusions posted by Woll on November 05, 2009 at 00:36:22:
And a few verses earlier in the same poem "One of the Bo'sun's Yarns", there is the other line:
"And the mate came dancin' on to the scene"
but it isn't followed by the medical bit, so John has merged two separate verses.
So congratulations Woll, you solved the mystery.