it was hard , too , walkin ' across to the quarterdeck , where the officers were all pulled up in their fancy uniforms and where the midshipmen and side boys made two rows for me to walk between on my way off the ship , and there 's jaimy all straight and all beautiful in his new midshipman 's uniform , and there 's davy and tink and willy , the boys of the brotherhood to which i so lately belonged , and there 's my dear sea-dad liam lookin ' as proud as any father .