'Have you heard the news of my boy Jack?' @3Not this tide@1. 'When d' you think that he'll come back? @3Not with this wind blowing, and this tide@1. 'Has anyone else had word of him? @3Not this tide. For what is sunk will hardly swim, Not with this wind blowing and this tide@1. 'Oh, dear, what comfort can I find? @3None this tide, Nor any tide, Except he did not shame his kind -- Not even with that wind blowing, and that tide@1. @3Then hold your head up all the more, This tide, And every tide; Bceause he was thy son you bore, And gave to that wind blowing and that tide! |