Can you identify this?

[Leather Briefcase Company]

My Dad used to tell me this poem at bed-time, and I have never found the full version, or who wrote it.

"Said Captain Grubb, as he sat in his tub, one thousand miles at sea,
no ship in view, what can I do, what will become of me?"

 

[Doodle-Noodle]

Googled it and came up with this from Soham Grammarians website which appears to be a school reunion type of thing ..... doesn't actually give any answers to your question as such, other than confirm it was a poem known by others.

Joss Ollet writes: My late father was Lorenzo Ernest Ollett. He was a "scholarship" boy at Soham from about 1921-1925. He cycled to school from Cheveley each day, and told me as a small boy about his admiration for "old Johnson" who taught him literature and the classics. As the 10th child of twelve, despite doing very well at Soham, my father had to leave education at 16 and come to London to find work. One of my fond memories is my father reciting a poem:
"Said Captain Grubb,
As he sat in his tub,
One thousand miles at sea,
No ship in view,
What can I do,
What is to become of me?"
Does anyone know if this was Mr. Johnson's work, or how I might discover more? It has only been worrying me 30 years since my father's early and unexpected death ..... I'll happily wait a while longer to find the answer. Trust you can help! Please contact the editor if you can