Dick here, Dick there, Dick everywhere!

If ever ubiquity fell to the lot of mortal …

Dick! take Mr Jones some hot water

Mr Jones wants his coat brushed

bring a light in the cabin

go and swab the deck

peel then ’taturs for cook

you scoundrel, steward says

you've not cleaned his knives

Dick! go and water the sheep

help reef the topsails

feed the geese

take these bones to the dog

Smart active lad,

some ten or twelve years old?

seems to execute

your multifarious orders, sir,

with the most unflinching alacrity,

I take it an apprentice, sir?

No, he ain't a'prentice,

he's a nevy of mine as come aboard

for a holiday!