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A trader sailed from Stepney town- / Wake her up! Shake her up! Try her with the mainsail! / A trader sailed from Stepney town / With a keg full of gold and a velvet gown: / Ho, the bully rover Jack, / Waiting with his yard aback / Out upon the Lowland sea!
The trader he had a daughter fair- / Wake her up! Shake her up! Try her with the foresail / The trader he had a daughter fair, / She had gold in her ears, and gold in her hair: / All for bully rover Jack, / Waiting with his yard aback, / Out upon the Lowland sea!