Hydrophobie (or sometimes called “The Skipper and the Quaker") is a Geordie folk song written in the 19th century by Robert Emery, in a style deriving from music hall.
Chorus Fal de ral, &c. Verse 2 The Doctor dress'd the wound se wide, And left poor Markie smartin -- Then, for a joke, tells Carr, aside, Mark wad gan mad, for sartin: -- Noo, Skipper, mind, when in yor keel, Be sure that ye watch Markie weel, If he begins to bark and squeel, Depend It's Hydrophobie !
Chorus Verse 3 For Shields next day they sail'd wi' coal, And tyeuk on board a Quaker, Who wish'd to go as far's Dent's Hole, To see a friend call'd Baker.
In the original version, these last four lines had been:- The Skipper, to complete the farce Said Maister Quaker what's far warse, A b------g dog bit Markie's a--e, And browt on Hydrophobie !
Chorus Verse 6 Now P. D. laugh'd to see the two, Who, to be sav'd, were striving -- Mark haul'd them out, wi' much ado, And call'd them culls for diving : -- The Quaker seun was put on shore, For he was frighten'd verry sore -- The Skipper promis'd never more To mention Hydrophobie !