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Now messmates we’ve got safe to port,
for I am safely married,
I hope my lads we’ll have some sport,
and crown the day with claret;
My frigate she is rigged tight,
With silks and rings, most gay and bright,
I’ll swear my lass to board to night
And prove myself a sailor.
THE DROWNED MARINER.
The love that I have chosen,
I’ll therewith be content,
The salt seas shall be frozen,
before that I repent,
Repent it shall (illegible text) never;
until the day I die,
But the lowlands of Holland,
hath twin’d my love and me.
My love is on the salt sea,
and I’m upon the side,
’Nough to breag a yonng thing’s heart,
who lately was a bride,
Who lately was a bonny bride,
