 | William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - English poetry - 1883 - 386 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 Till...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 web o' the silken claith,... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - American ballads - 1883 - 338 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,...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... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - American poetry - 1883 - 662 pages
..." " Oh, here am I, a sailor gude, To take the helm in hand Till you go up the tall topmast — '-ar you'll ne'er spy land." He hadna gane a step, a step, A step, but barely anev When a boult flew out of our goodly ship, And the salt sea it came in. " Gae fetch a web o' the... | |
 | Robert Bell - Ballads, English - 1885 - 490 pages
...sailbr, To take my helm in hand, • Till I get up to the tall top-mast, To see if I can spy land?' ' 0 here am I, a sailor gude, To take the helm in hand,...flew out of our goodly ship,* And the salt sea it cam in.t * ' Sir Walter Scott supposes that a plank had started ; but the more particular meaning seems... | |
 | William Ross (of Aberdour.) - Aberdour (Fife) - 1885 - 442 pages
...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 only ane, When a bout flew out o' our goodly ship, And the salt sea it came in. ' Gae fetch a web o'... | |
 | Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1886 - 290 pages
...sailor, To take my helm in hand, Till I get up to the tall topmast, To see if I can spy land ? ' 1 7 ' O here am I, a sailor gude, To take the helm in hand, Till you go up to the tall topmast; But I fear you 'll neer spy land.' 18 He hadna gane a step, a step, A step bnt barely ane, When a boat flew, out... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - Ballads, English - 1888 - 392 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,...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... | |
 | William M'Dowall - Ballads - 1888 - 370 pages
...tall top-mast in the vain hope of descrying some sheltering haven or hospitable shore within reach. He hadna gane a step, a step, A step but barely ane, When a bolt flew oot o' the goodly ship, And the saut sea it cam in. Obeying the captain's orders, the crew... | |
 | Samuel Silas Curry - Readers - 1888 - 456 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, TU1 you go up to the tall topmast; but I fear you 'll ne'er spy land." He hadna gane a step, a step,... | |
 | Robert Ford - Ballads, English - 1889 - 312 pages
...am I, a sailor gude, To tak' the helm in hand, Till ye get up the tall tap-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 o' the gude ship's side, And the saut sea it cam' in. " Gae fetch a wab o' the silken... | |
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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. 
