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H. F. S. [Music]
1. A ship came sailing over the sea / As deeply laden as she could be; / My sorrows fill me to the brim, / I care not if I sink or swim.
2. Ten thousand ladies in the room, / But my true love's the fairest bloom, / Of stars she is my brightest sun, / I said I would have her or none.[25]
3. I leaned my back against an oak, / But first it bent and then it broke, / Untrusty as I found that tree, / So did my love prove false to me.
4. Down in a mead the other day, / As carelessly I went my way, / And plucked flowers red and blue, / I little thought what love could do.
5. I saw a Rose with ruddy blush, / And thrust my hand into the bush, / I pricked my fingers to the bone, / I would I'd left that rose alone!
6. I wish! I wish! but 'tis in vain, / I wish I had my heart again! / With silver chain and diamond locks, / I'd fasten it in a golden box.
[Footnote 25: May be omitted in singing.]