Sir Walter Raleigh has built a Ship In the Netherlands, And it is called the @3Sweet Trinity,@1 And was taken by the false @3Gallaly@1, Sailing in the Lowlands. Is there never a seaman bold In the Netherlands? That will go take this false @3Gallaly@1, And to redeem the @3Sweet Trinity@1, Sailing in the Lowlands. Then spoke the little Ship boy In the Netherlands, "Master, Master, what will you give me? And I will take this false @3Gallaly@1, And release the @3Sweet Trinity@1, Sailing in the Lowlands." "I'll give thee gold and I'll give thee fee, In the Netherlands, And my eldest daughter thy wife shall be, Sailing in the Lowlands. He set his breast, and away he did swim, In the Netherlands, Until he came to the false @3Gallaly@1 Sailing in the Lowlands. He had an augur fit for the nonce, In the Netherlands, The which will bore fifteen good holes at once, Sailing in the Lowlands. Some were at cards, and some at dice, In the Netherlands, Until the salt water flashed in their eyes, Sailing in the Lowlands. Some cut their hats and some their caps, In the Netherlands, For to stop the salt-water gaps, Sailing in the Lowlands. He set his breast and away did swim, In the Netherlands, Until he came to his own Ship again, Sailing in the Lowlands. "I have done the work I have promised to do, In the Netherlands, For I have sunk the false @3Gallaly@1, And released the @3Sweet Trinity@1, Sailing in the Lowlands. You promised me gold, and you promised me fee, In the Netherlands: Your eldest daughter my Wife she must be, Sailing in the Lowlands." You shall have gold, and you shall have fee, In the Netherlands, But my eldest daughter your Wife shall never be, Sailing in the Lowlands. "Then fare you well, you cozening Lord, In the Netherlands. Seeing you are not as good as your word, Sailing in the Lowlands." And thus I shall conclude my Song, Of the sailing in the Lowlands, Wishing happiness to all Seamen, old or young, In their sailing in the Lowlands. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HER MERRIMENT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES THE FLIRT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI by JOHN KEATS THE MALDIVE SHARK by HERMAN MELVILLE ON HIS RETURN FROM SPAIN by THOMAS WYATT GOLDEN GLOW by ABUL HASAN OF SEVILLE PRESIDENTIAL COTILLION by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD |