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Lyrics for Sir Patrick Spens by Unknown:
| | | Artist: | Unknown |
| | Album: | Unknown | | Track: | Sir Patrick Spens | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 173 | | | | Lyrics: | SIR PATRICK SPENS
The King sits in Dumferlane toon
A-drinkin' at the wine
And
he has called for the best skipper
In Fife and all the land
Then out there spoke an
old carle
Sat by the King's own knee
Says, "Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor
That
ever sailed the sea"
The King has written a long letter
And signed it with his own
hand
And sent it to young Patrick Spens
Was walking on Leith strand
"To Norowa,
to Norowa
To Norowa over the foam
The King's daughter of Norowa
Tis you must bring
her home"
The first line that Sir Patrick read
A loud, loud laugh laughed
he
The next line that Sir Patrick read
A tear blinded his e'e
"Oh who is this
has done this deed
And told the King of me
To send me out this time of year
To sail
upon the sea?"
They hadn't been in Norowa
A week but barely three
When all the
lords of Norowa
Got up and spak' so free
"The outland Scots waste our King's
gold
And swallow our Queen's fee"
"Oh weary for the tongue that speaks
Such a mortal
lie"
"Take tent, take tent, my good men all
Make sure you are well forn
For
come it wind or come it rain
Our good ship sails the morn"
Then out there spoke the
weatherman
"I fear we'll all be drownded
For I saw the new moon late yestere'en
With
the old moon in her arms"
They had not sailed a league, a league
A league but barely
three
When the lift grew dark and the wind blew loud
And surly grew the sea
Oh
loath, loath were the good Scots lords
To wear their cork-heeled shoon
But long e'er all
the ploy was played
They wore their hats aboon
Half over, half over by
Aberdeen
Where the sea's so wide and deep
It's there that lies young Patrick
Spens
With the Scots lord at his feet
Child #58
@sailor @Scots @royalty
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