head high , flags flyin ' , that 's the way we does it , but i knows it ai n't gon na wash 'cause i 'm half blubberin ' already and i knows that soon 's i steps out they 'll be hollerin ' hooray , jacky , and give 'em hell , jackeroe , and yes , bloody jack , too , and i 'll see tink and davy and willy and liam , and they 'll have to pry me off jaimy whose face i may never see no more-dear god , please-and i 'll try to be brave but i never was really very brave ... 1 the curse i like to imagine there were more of us in the beginning .