For they say there's a Providence sits up aloft,/ To keep watch for the life of poor Jack! -Charles Dibdin

 

For they say there's a Providence sits up aloft,/ To keep watch for the life of poor Jack!


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This quote is just one of 6 total Charles Dibdin quotes in our collection. Charles Dibdin is known for saying 'For they say there's a Providence sits up aloft,/ To keep watch for the life of poor Jack!' as well as some of the following quotes.

Here, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling,/ The darling of our crew.

Charles Dibdin
181

Then trust me there's nothing like drinking, So pleasant on this side of the grave: It keeps the unhappy from thinking, And makes e'en the valiant more brave.

Charles Dibdin
172
The lass that loves a sailor. -Charles Dibdin
121

Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle? / He was all for love and a little for the bottle.

Charles Dibdin
119

Faithful, below, he did his duty; / But now he's gone aloft.

Charles Dibdin
105
For they say there's a Providence sits up aloft,/ To keep watch for the life of poor Jack! -Charles Dibdin
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