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SONGS AND BALLADS
Thirty guns this ship did bear,
I, boys, 0 boys ! They were bound for Venice fair, I! Thirty guns this ship did bear, And a hundred men so clear, In the brave Benjamin, O t
But by ill storms at sea, /, boys, O boys I Which bred our misery, I ! But by ill storms at sea Were drove out o' th' way In the brave Benjamin, O t
We had more wind than we could bear,
/, boys, O boys ! Our ship it would not steer, I! We had more wind than we could bear, Our masts and sails did tear In the brave Benjamin, 0 !
The first harm that we had,
/, boys, O boys ! It makes my heart so sad, I ! The first harm that we had We lost our fore-mast head : O the poor Benjamin, O !
The seas aloud did roar,
/, boys, O boys ! We being far from shore, I ! The sea no favour shows Unto friends nor foes, O the poor Benjamin, O !
The next harm that we spy'd,
/, boys, O boys.'
Then we to Heaven cry'd, I!
Down fell our main-mast head,
Which struck our senses dead
In the poor Benjamin, O I
Then we with seas were crost,
/, boys, 0 boys ! And on the ocean tost, I ! |
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