It never occurred to us to doubt Jim Hawkins; but we were alarmed for his safety. With the men in the temper they were in, it seemed an even chance if we should see the lad again. We ran on deck. The pitch was bubbling in the seams; the nasty stench of the place turned me sick; if ever a man smelt fever and dysentery, it was in that abominable anchorage. The six scoundrels wre sitting grumbling under a sail in the forecastle; ashore we could see the gigs made fast, and a man sitting in each, hard by where the river runs in. One of them was whistling ‘Lillibullero’.

Doctor Livesey,
Treasure Island, Chapter-XVI, Narrative Continued by the Doctor: How the ship was abandoned.

More information about Lillibulero is available on the Wikipedia.

Other tunes in this series can be found listed on the Toots of the Whistle page of the Guide.

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