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THE wind blew shrill and smart, / And the wind awoke my heart / Again to go a-sailing o'er the sea, / To hear the cordage moan / And the straining timbers groan, / And to see the flying pennon lie a-lee.
O sailor of the fleet, / It is time to stir the feet! / It's time to man the dingy and to row! / It's lay your hand in mine / And it's empty down the wine, / And it's drain a health to death before we go!
To death, my lads, we sail; / And it's death that blows the gale / And death that holds the tiller as we ride.
For he's the king of all / In the tempest and the squall, / And the ruler of the Ocean wild and wide!