 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 766 pages
...sailor To take my helm in hand, Till I get up to the tall topmast, To see if I can spy land ?" " 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 boult5 flew out of our goodly ship, And the salt sea it came in. u Gae fetch a web o' the silken claith,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 778 pages
...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,...hadna gane a step, a step, A step, but barely ane, 'Vhen a boult5 flew out of our goodly ship, Arid the salt sea it came in. ' Gae fetch a web o' the... | |
 | Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1860 - 430 pages
...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,...hadna gane a step, a step, A step, but barely ane, ro When a bout flew out of our goodly ship, And the salt sea it came in. " Gae fetch a web o' the silken... | |
 | Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1860 - 432 pages
...hand, Till I get up to the tall topmast, To see if I can spy land ? " " O here am I, a sailor gude, si To take the helm in hand, Till you go up to the tall...hadna gane a step, a step, A step, but barely ane, 10 When a bout flew out of our goodly ship, And the salt sea it came in. " Gae fetch a web o' the silken... | |
 | Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1860 - 424 pages
...155 Till I get up to the tall topmast, To see if I can spy land ? " " 0 here am I, a sailor gude, w To take the helm in hand, Till you go up to the tall...hadna gane a step, a step, A step, but barely ane, w When a bout flew out of our goodly ship, And the salt sea it came in. " Gae fetch a web o' the silken... | |
 | Henry Reed - English poetry - 1860 - 336 pages
...hand Till I get up to the tall topmast To see if I can spy land ?' " ' Oh, here am I, a sailor gnde, To take the helm in hand, Till you go up to the tall...topmast : But I fear you'll ne'er spy land.' " He had na' gane a step, a step, — A step but barely ane, — When a bout flew out of (our) goodly ship,... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - Folk songs - 1861 - 540 pages
...sailor To take my helm in hand, Till I get up to the tall topmast, To see if I can spy land V " " 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 saut sea it cam in. " Gae fetch a web o' the silken claith,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...saitor To take my helm in hand, Till I get up to the tall topmast, To see if I can spy land 1" " 0 here am I, a sailor gude, To take the helm in hand,...tall topmast,— But I fear you'll ne'er spy land." A step, but barely ane, When a boult 5 flew out of our goodly ship, He hadna gane a step, a step, And... | |
 | Norval Clyne - Ballads, Scots - 1863 - 264 pages
...am I, a sailor gude, Will talc' the helm in hand, Till ye win to the tall top-mast, 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 the gude ship's side, And the salt sea it cam' in. " Gae, fetch a web of the silken... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...sailor, To take my helm in hand, Til 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,... | |
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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. 
