 | John Finlay - Ballads, Scots - 1808 - 234 pages
...I get up to the tall top-mast, " To see if I can spy land ?" " O here am I, a sailor gude, " To tak the helm in hand, " Till you go up to the tall top-mast,...flew out of our goodly ship,. And the salt sea it cam in. * Ltft, sky. f Gurly, boisterous. \ Lap, sprang; *' Gae fetch a web o' the silken claith, "... | |
 | John Finlay - Ballads, Scots - 1808 - 238 pages
...I get up to the tall top-mast, " To see if I can spy land ?" " O here am I, a sailor gude, " To tak the helm in hand, " Till you go up to the tall top-mast,...flew out of our goodly ship., And the salt sea it cam in. * Lift, sky. t Gurly, boisterous. t Lap, sprang. ** Gae fetch a web o' the silken claith, "... | |
 | Minstrelsy - 1827 - 566 pages
...gude sailor To take my helm in hand, Till I get up to the tall topmast To see if I can spy land?" "O here am I, a sailor gude, To take the helm in hand,...gane a step, a step, A step, but barely ane, When a boult ' flew out of our goodly ship, And the salt sea it came in. "Gae fetch a web o' the silken claith,... | |
 | William Motherwell - Ballads - 1827 - 566 pages
...gude sailor To take my helm in hand, Till I get up to the tall topmast To see if I can spy land ?" " O here am I, a sailor gude, To take the helm in hand,...gane a step, a step, A step, but barely ane, When a boult J flew out of our goodly ship, And the salt sea it came in. " Gae fetch a web o' the silken claith,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 pages
...I get up to the tall top-mast, Tu,6ee if I can spy land 1"— i spy " O here am I, a sailor glide, To take the helm in hand, Till you go up to the tall top-masi ; But I fear you'll ne'er spy land." He hadna gane a step, a step, A step but barely ane,... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - Ballads, English - 1844 - 178 pages
...gude sailor To take the helm in hand, Till I get up to the tall topmast To see if I can spy land V ' 0 here am I, a sailor gude, To take the helm in hand,...gane a step, a step, A step, but barely ane, When a boult flew out of our goodly ship, And the salt sea it came in. ' Gae fetch a web o' the silken claith,... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1845 - 258 pages
...sailor, To take my helm in hand, Till I get up to the tall top-mast, To see if I can spy land?" " O here am I, a sailor gude, To take the helm in hand,...gane a step, a step, A step but barely ane, When a boult flew out of our goodly ship, And the salt sea it came in. " Gae, fetch a web o' the silken claith,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1845 - 900 pages
...am I, a gude sailor, To take the helm in hand, Till you gang to the tall tapmast ; But I fear ye'll ne'er spy land." He hadna gane a step, a step, A step, but barely ane, When a bolt flew out of our goodly ship, And the salt sea it came in. " Gae fetch a wab o' the silken claith,... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...sailor To take my helm in hand, Till I get up to the tall top-mast ; To see if I can spy land ? " " O, here am I, a sailor gude, To take the helm in hand, Till you go up to the tall top-mast ; But I fear you '11 ne'er spy land." He hadna gone a step, a step, A step but barely ane, When a bout flew out... | |
 | William Motherwell - Ballads - 1846 - 300 pages
...a sailor gude, To take the helm in hand, Till you go up to the tall topmast, — But I fear you '11 ne'er spy land." He hadna gane a step, a step, A step, but barely ane, When a boult * flew out of our goodly ship, And the salt sea it came in. * We have taken the liberty of spelling... | |
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To take the helm in hand, Till you go up to the tall topmast, But I fear you'll ne'er spy land. 
