Round and round went the gallant, gallant ship,
And round and round went she;
Round and round went the gallant, gallant ship,
Till she sank to the bottom of the sea, the sea, the sea,
Till she sank to the bottom of the sea.
All go down as the ship sinks.
—Cullen (Rev. W. Gregor).
II.
Three times round goes our gallant ship,
And three times round went she;
Three times round went our gallant ship,
Then she sank to the bottom of the sea.
As the players all “bob” down they cry out “the sea, the sea, the sea.”
—Aberdeen Training College (Rev. W. Gregor).