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Patrick Spens
Richard Irwin
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Michiel Schrey
,
Seán Dagher
,
Dave Gossage
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The King sits in Dunfermline town
Drinking a blood red wine,
"Where can I get a good sea captain
To sail this ship of mine?"
Then up there spoke a bonny boy
Sitting at the King's right knee,
"Sir Patrick Spens is the very best seaman
That ever sailed the sea."
The King has written a broad letter
And sealed it up with his own right hand,
Sending word to Sir Patrick Spens
To come at his command.
An enemy then this must be
Who told a lie about me,
For I never was a good seaman
Nor ever do intend to be.
'Last night I saw the new moon
With the old moon in her arm,
A sign, a sign since we were born
There'll be a deadly storm.
They had not sailed upon the sea
A day, but barely three,
When loud and boisterous grew the winds
And stormy grew the sea.
Then up there came a mermaiden
A comb and glass in her hand,
"Here's a health to you my merry young men,
For you'll not see dry land!"
Oh, long may my lady look
With a lantern in her hand
Before she sees my bonny ship
Sailing homewards to dry land.
Forty miles off Aberdeen
The water's fifty fathoms deep
There lies good Sir Patrick Spens
With the Scots lords at his feet.