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THE SAILOR'S DAUGHTER.
A BALLAD.
Safe rolls the ship at anchor now,
The sailor clears his anxious brow,
And with a deep, but silent vow,
Blesses his little daughter!
The sailor clears his anxious brow,
And with a deep, but silent vow,
Blesses his little daughter!
His duty far has bid him roam,
Amid the dash of ocean's foam,
But welcome now the sailor's home,
And she, his little daughter!
Amid the dash of ocean's foam,
But welcome now the sailor's home,
And she, his little daughter!
Her velvet arm is o'er him thrown,
Her words breathe forth in gladsome tone,
He feels that she is all his own,
The seaman's little daughter!
Her words breathe forth in gladsome tone,
He feels that she is all his own,
The seaman's little daughter!
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“Father, you shall not quit your child,
And go upon the seas so wild,
For scarcely has my mother smil'd,
Upon her little daughter!
And go upon the seas so wild,
For scarcely has my mother smil'd,
Upon her little daughter!
“I care not for the coral gay,
Nor costly shells, when you're away;
Dear father, with my mother stay,
And smile upon your daughter!
Nor costly shells, when you're away;
Dear father, with my mother stay,
And smile upon your daughter!
“We hear the fierce winds rushing by,
And then my mother heaves a sigh,
And when it storms, we sit and cry,
My mother and your daughter!”
And then my mother heaves a sigh,
And when it storms, we sit and cry,
My mother and your daughter!”
Her head upon his shoulder lay,
He smooth'd her silken ringlets' play;
She fell asleep in that sweet way,
The seaman's little daughter.
He smooth'd her silken ringlets' play;
She fell asleep in that sweet way,
The seaman's little daughter.
1834.
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