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Farewell and adieu to you noble hearties,- / Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain, / For I've received orders for to sail for the Deadman, / But hope with the grand fleet to see you again.
I have hove my ship to, with main-top-sail aback, boys; / I have hove my ship to, for the strike soundings clear- / The black scud a'flying; but, by God's blessing, dam' me, / Right up the Channel for the Deadman I'll steer.