Henry Clemm Henry Clemm
Went to sea
Wasn’t seen from again
Did he run to the docks with dreams to be a sailor?
On a magificent whaler named the Molly McGill?
Did he hope for adventure in a faraway place?
With the rush of the waves as the sun hits his face
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Did he go on a steamer to Burma for rubies,
Or trinkets of silver and fresh Oolong tea?
Did he explore the jungle with Dr. David or Henry?
Only to die from Dysentery?
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Did he meet up with Darwin on the beach at St. Jago?
And carry his samples of unknown shrubbery?
And continue all the way to Tierra del Fuego?
And help sketch the plants and the animals seen?
Did he search for Atlantis off the coast of Bermuda?
Or the Fountain of Youth like Ponce De Leon?
Was he waylayed by pygmies or highjacked by scoundrels?
Was he Shanghai’d as crewman for Captain NEMO?
He left Baltimore on his quest for adventure
This is much more romantic than the truth, I am told
Because lying in a ditch or killed by a drunkard
That’s no way to die at 17 years old
Henry Clemm Henry Clemm
Nevermore, nevermore, seen from again
Went to Sea
Never heard from again
Had a shot at a bar down on Thames