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The Golden Vanity

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There was a ship that sailed all on the Lowland Sea,
and the name of the ship was the Golden Vanity
And we feared we would be taken by the Spanish enemy
as we were sailing on the Lowland Sea

Then up stepped our cabin boy and boldly outspoke he
and he asked the captain, “What would you give to me
If I would swim along side of the Spanish enemy
and sink her in the Lowland Sea?”

And sink her in the Lowland, the Lowland, the low
and sink her in the Lowland Sea

“Oh, I would give you silver and I would give you gold,
and my own fairy daughter your bonny bride shall be,
If you will swim along side the Spanish enemy
and sink her in the Lowland Sea”

Then the boy he made him ready and overboard sprang he
and he swam alongside the Spanish enemy
And with his brace and auger in her sides he bored holes three,
and he sank her in the Lowland Sea

And he sank her in the Lowland, the Lowland, the low
Yes, he sank her in the Lowland Sea

Then quickly he swam back to the cheering of the crew
but the captain would not heed him for his promise he did rue,
And he scorned his poor entreatings when loudly he did sue,
and they left him in the Lowland Sea

Then his messmates drew him up, but on the deck he died,
and they stitched him in his hammock which was so fair and wide,
And they lowered him overboard and he drifted with the tide,
and he sank in the Lowland Sea

And he sank in the Lowland, the Lowland, the low
and he sank in the Lowland Sea

As we was sailing on the Lowland, the Lowland, the low
was sailing on the Lowland Sea