And they overthrew us into the sea so wide.

9

When tidings to the George Aloe came

That the jolly Sweepstakes by a Frenchman was tane,

10

‘To top, to top, thou little ship-boy,

And see if this French man-of-war thou canst descry.’

11

‘A sail, a sail, under your lee,

Yea, and another under her bough.’