And fell down in a fit;
The holy Hermit raised his eyes,
And pray'd where he did sit.
"I took the oars: the pilot's boy,
Who now doth crazy go,
Laugh'd loud and long, and all the while
His eyes went to and fro.
'Ha! ha!' quoth he, 'full plain I see,
The Devil knows how to row.'
"And now, all in my own countree,