 | Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1864 - 432 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...hadna gane a step, a step, A step, but barely ane, n When a bout flew out of our goodly ship, And the salt sea it came in. " Gae fetch a web o' the silken... | |
 | Robert Bell - Ballads - 1864 - 240 pages
...sailor, To take my helm in hand, Till I get up to the tall top-mast, To see if I can spy land i' ' 0 here am I, a sailor gude, To take the helm in hand,...tall top-mast ; But I fear you'll ne'er spy land.' lie hadna gane a step, a step, A step but barely ane, When a bout flew out of our goodly ship,* And... | |
 | William Motherwell - Ballads, Scots - 1864 - 380 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,...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 bout* flew out... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...hand, '1 ill I get up to the mil topmast, To »ee if 1 can spy land ?" "0 here am I, a sailor guile, To take the helm in hand, Till you go up to the tall topmast,— But I fear you'll ne'er spy land." lie hadna gane a step, a step, A step, but Iwirely anc, When a boult5 flew out of our goodly ship,... | |
 | William Allingham - Ballads, English - 1865 - 456 pages
...To see if I can spy land ?' 14 ' O here am I, a sailor gude, To tak' the helm in hand, Till you gae up to the tall topmast, — But I fear you'll ne'er spy land.' 15 He hadna gane a step, a step, A step but barely ane, When a bolt flew out o' our goodly ship, And... | |
 | Ballads - 1867 - 638 pages
...sailor, To take my helm in hand, Till I get up to the tall top-mast, To see if I can spy land ? " " Oh 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 'll ne'er spy land." He hadna gane a step, a step, A step but barely ane, When a bout flew out... | |
 | James Campbell - Abbeys - 1867 - 468 pages
...am I, a sailor gude, Will tak' the helm in hand, Till ye win to the tall top-ma3t, But I fear ye'll ne'er spy land." He hadna gane a step, a step, A step but barely aue, When a bolt flew out of the gude ship's side, And the salt sea it cam' in. " Gae, fetch a web... | |
 | Scottish border - 1869 - 624 pages
...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,...but barely ane, When a bout flew out of our goodly ship,4 And the salt sea it cam in. " Gae, fetch a web o' the silken claith, Another o' the twine, 1... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1869 - 420 pages
...gude 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,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - English literature - 1869 - 528 pages
...am I, a gude sailor, To take the helm in hand, Till you gang to the tall tapmast ; But I fear ye '11 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,... | |
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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. 
