Generally speaking, dying is just what women are likely to do if they make a habit of drinking from the sea

Most 70 or 80 verse ballads manage to fit all four in several times each in the first couple of hours or so and "Sir Patrick Spens" crams 'em in within about 20 minutes - in fact the King is so rat-assed on blude-red wine by the end of line 2 that he's already making plans to widow the wives of the best sailors to sail the sea!