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T:A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea
C:Allan Cunningham arr. Thomas Walton - 1837
N:Levy 122 item 107
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A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA
(Allan Cunningham arr. Thomas Walton - 1837)
Levy box 122 item 107

A wet sheet and a flow-ing sea,
And_A wind that fol-lows fast
And fills the white and rus-tling sail
And bends the gal-lant mast;
And bends the gal-lant mast, my boys,
While like the ea-gle free
A-way the good ship flies, and leaves
Old En-gland on the lee.

Chorus:oh give me a wet sheet, a flow-ing sea,
and a wind that fol-lows fast
And fills the white and rus-tling sail
And bends the gal-lant mast;

"O for a soft and gen-tle wind!"
I heard a fair one cry:
But give to me the sno-ring breeze
And white waves heav-ing high;
And white waves heav-ing high, my lads,
The good ship tight and free
The world of wa-ters is our home,
And mer-ry men are we.

chorus:

There's tem-pest in yon horn-èd moon,
And light-ning in yon cloud:
But hark the mu-sic, mar-i-ners!
The wind is pi-ping loud;
The wind is pi-ping loud, my boys,
The light-ning flash-es free
While the hol-low oak our palace is,
Our he-rit-age the sea.

Chorus: