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The Green Willow Tree
Bryn Terfel
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There was a ship sailed on the North Country
She went by the name of the Green Willow Tree
I fear she'll be taken by the enemy
As she sails on the Lowlands Low
As she's sailing on the Lowlands Low
They hadn't sailed far out upon the Lowlands Sea
When the lookout cried, "Here comes the enemy"
And the name of the ship was the Golden Vanity
She came sailing on the Lowlands Low
Then up to the captain steps a cabin boy
Saying, "What will you give me if her I can destroy?"
"You shall have my only daughter for your wedded joy
If you sink her in the Lowlands Low"
He says to the captain, "An auger, give to me
And for your daughter's hand, I will sink the enemy"
Then he swam through the waves to the Golden Vanity
For to sink her, for to sink her in the Lowlands Low
He pulled out the auger, then he swam down to bore
He made nine holes in the bottom of the floor
The crew hadn't to know just what they had in store
As they sailed on the Lowlands Low
Some were playing cards and some were at the dice
And some were simply standing 'round and giving good advice
When in came the North Sea and it rose up past their eyes
And they sank into the Lowlands Low
He'd sunk her in the Lowlands Low
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"Oh captain, oh captain, take me back on board
I've done as you asked, now I claim my reward
So be unto me just as good as your word
For I'm drifting in the Lowlands Low"
Then up speaks the captain, "My word I will not keep
For though you are brave, your life to me is cheap
You cannot have my daughter, instead forever sleep
I'll sink you in the Lowlands Low"
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They gagged him, they bound him, they took him to the side
And there they wrapped him up in an old cow's hide
They lowered him overboard for to go down with the tide
They sank him in the Lowlands Low
They sank him in the Lowlands Low
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