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THE STORMY WINDS DO BLOW, by                    
First Line: One friday morn when we set sail
Last Line: For the raging seas
Variant Title(s): The Mermaid (3)
Subject(s): Sea; Ocean


ONE Friday morn, when we set sail,
Not very far from the land,
We there did espy a fair pretty maid,
With a comb and a glass in her hand.
For the raging seas did roar,
And the stormy winds did blow;
While we jolly sailor boys were up unto the top,
And the landlubbers lying down below.

Then up starts the captain of our gallant ship,
And a brave young man was he:
'I've a wife and a child in fair Bristol town,
But a widow I fear she will be.'
For the raging seas ...

Then up starts the mate of our gallant ship,
And a bold young man was he:
'Oh, I have a wife in fair Portsmouth town,
But a widow I fear she will be.'
For the raging seas ...

Then up starts the cook of our gallant ship,
And a gruff old soul was he:
'Oh, I have a wife in fair Plymouth town,
But a widow I fear she will be.'
For the raging seas ...

And then up spoke the little cabin-boy,
And a pretty little boy was he:
'Oh, I am more grieved for my daddy and my mammy,
Than you for your wives all three.'
For the raging sea ...

Then three times round went our gallant ship,
And three times round went she:
For the want of a life-boat they all went down,
And she sank to the bottom of the sea.
For the raging seas ...





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