Classic Poem

1.

'Twas all on board a ship down in a southern sea,
And she goes by the name of the " Golden Vanity " ;
I'm afraid that she'll be taken by this Spanish crew,
As she sails along the Lowlands,
As she sails along the Lowlands low.

2.

Then up speaks our saucy cabin boy, without fear or joy,
Saying, " What will you give me, if I will her destroy? "
" I'll give you gold and silver, my daughter fine and gay,
If you'll destroy her in the Lowlands,
If you'll sink her in the Lowlands low. "

3.

The boy filled his chest and so boldly leaped in,
The boy filled his chest and then began to swim;
He swam alongside of the bold Spanish ship,
And he sank her in the Lowlands,
And he sank her in the Lowlands low.

4.

Some were playing cards and some were playing dice,
And some were in their hammocks sleeping very nice;
He bored two holes into her side, he let the water in,
And he sank her in the Lowlands,
And he sank her in the Lowlands low.

5.

The boy then swam back unto our good ship's side,
And being much exhausted, bitterly he cried;
" Captain, take me in, for I'm going with the tide,
And I'm sinking in the Lowlands,
And I'm sinking in the Lowlands low. "

6.

" I will not take you in, " our captain then replied,
" I'll shoot you and I'll stab you and I'll sink you in the tide,
And I'll sink you in the Lowlands,
And I'll sink you in the Lowlands low. "

7.

The boy then swam around next the larboard side,
And being more exhausted, bitterly he cried,
" Messmates, take me in, for I'm going with the tide,
And I'm sinking in the Lowlands,
And I'm sinking in the Lowlands low. "

8.

They hove the boy a rope and they hoisted him on deck,
They laid him on the quarter deck, the boy here soon died;
They sewed him up in a canvas sack, they hove him in the tide,
And they buried him in the Lowlands,
So they buried him in the Lowlands low.