‘I have a ship in the North Countrie,

And she goes by the name of The Golden Vanity;

I’m afraid she will be taken by some Turkish gallee,

As she sails on the Low Lands Low.’

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Then up starts our little cabin-boy,

Saying, Master, what will you give me if I do them destroy?

‘I will give you gold, I will give you store,

You shall have my daughter when I return on shore,

If ye sink them in the Low Lands Low.’