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Brewster: Ballads and Songs of Indiana 161
2. Up stepped the cabin boy (what a fine young lad was he!)
Saying, "Captain, 0 Captain, what wall you give me If I'll sink her in the lowland, lonesome, low, If I'll sink her in the Lowland Sea?"
3. "I've houses on land, a ship upon the sea;
My oldest daughter your wedded wife shall be, If you'll sink her in the lowland, lonesome, low, If you'll sink her in the Lowland Sea."
4. He turned upon his face, and off swam he
Until he reached the "Golden Willow Tree," As she sailed on the lowland, lonesome, low, As she sailed on the Lowland Sea.
5. He took up the tools he had prepared,
And bored forty holes all in the guard, As she sailed on the lowland, lonesome, low, As she sailed on the Lowland Sea.
6. Some were playing cards, and some were throwing dice;
Some were standing round, a-giving good advice, As she sailed on the lowland, lonesome, low, As she sailed on the Lowland Sea.
7. Some with their hats and some with their caps
Were trying for to stop the salt water gaps, As she sank into the lowland, lonesome, low, As she sank into the Lowland Sea.
8. He turned upon his face and back swam he
Until he reached the Turkish "Shiveree," As she sailed on the lowland, lonesome, low, As she sailed on the Lowland Sea.
9. "Captain, 0 Captain, be as good as your word;
Be half so good as to take me on board,
For I've sunk her in the lowland, lonesome, low,
For I've sunk her in the Lowland Sea." |
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