Not to be outdone, Curtis began to sing.

He had a good baritone voice, and entered with zest into the mad spirit of the frolic.

The song he chose was redolent of the sea.

It related a tar's escapades among witches, cruisers, and girls.

Three of the latter claimed him at one and the same time--so "What was a sailor-boy to do?
Yeo-ho, Yeo-ho, Yeo-ho!" The chorus decided the point: "Why, we went strolling down by the rolling, Down by the rolling sea.
If you can't be true to One or Two, You're much better off with Three." Evidently, the roysterers' antics commanded the general approval of Morris Siegelman's patrons, and loud cries of "Brava!" "Encore!" "Bis!" "Herrlich!" rewarded Curtis's lyrical effort.