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Patrick Spens
Michiel Schrey/Sean Dagher/Richard Irwin/David 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.
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'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.
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Forty miles off Aberdeen
The water's fifty fathoms deep
There lies good Sir Patrick Spens
With the Scots lords at his feet.
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