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The Wind and the Wave.
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The Wind and the Wave.
We go wherever the wind and the wave
May chance in their pleasure to bear us;
They may waft us to home, they may find us a grave—
From all that we loved they may tear us:
But where'er the winds blow, and where'er the waves flow,
We cheerily, merrily, sing as we go,
The wind and the wave for ever!
May chance in their pleasure to bear us;
They may waft us to home, they may find us a grave—
From all that we loved they may tear us:
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We cheerily, merrily, sing as we go,
The wind and the wave for ever!
Alike we 're ready to frolic or fight,
For pleasure no boys are more ready—
And we out with our guns if the foe come in sight,
Then “fire away, Lads, and stand steady!”
And spite of the number and force of the foe,
We pour in our shot, and we sing as we go,
The wave of Old England for ever!
For pleasure no boys are more ready—
And we out with our guns if the foe come in sight,
Then “fire away, Lads, and stand steady!”
And spite of the number and force of the foe,
We pour in our shot, and we sing as we go,
The wave of Old England for ever!
When back returned we are safe on the shore,
Then smack go the lips of the lasses;
And the number of blessings this earth has in store
We count by the number of glasses—
Then sail off again, and where'er the winds blow,
We cheerily, merrily, sing as we go,
The wind and the wave for ever!
Then smack go the lips of the lasses;
And the number of blessings this earth has in store
We count by the number of glasses—
Then sail off again, and where'er the winds blow,
We cheerily, merrily, sing as we go,
The wind and the wave for ever!
| Miscellaneous writings of the late Dr. Maginn | |