He’s taen the captain outowre the jaws,

Anither word spak he neer mair;

An five he sticket whare they sat,

The rest lay scramblin here an there.

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‘Get up, get up, gudewife,’ he says,

‘An get some meat ready for me,

For I hae fasted this three lang days;

A wat right hungry I may be.’

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