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My Sailor Boy.
MY SAILOR BOY.
"TELL me sailor, sailing northward
To the land of ice and snow,
Where the mighty iceberg towers
And the midnight suns crouch low;
Tell me did you meet a ship
Decked with flags and banners gay,
While upon the prow there stood
Singing, as he sailed away,
Songs of gladness and of joy,
My bright, happy sailor boy?"
To the land of ice and snow,
Where the mighty iceberg towers
And the midnight suns crouch low;
Tell me did you meet a ship
Decked with flags and banners gay,
While upon the prow there stood
Singing, as he sailed away,
Songs of gladness and of joy,
My bright, happy sailor boy?"
And the sailor, dim of eye,
Weak with famine and with pain,
Answered: '"Yes, in northern seas
Met we such a ship; in vain
Were our signals. On the prow
Dashed the ocean's icy spray.
Little cared the sailor boy,
Singing, as he sailed away,
Songs of gladness and of joy,
Merry, buoyant, sailor boy!"
Weak with famine and with pain,
Answered: '"Yes, in northern seas
Met we such a ship; in vain
Were our signals. On the prow
Dashed the ocean's icy spray.
Little cared the sailor boy,
Singing, as he sailed away,
Songs of gladness and of joy,
Merry, buoyant, sailor boy!"
Tell me sailor, sailing southward,
Where the palm and date-trees grow,
Where the palm and date-trees grow,
