The boy he bent his breast and away he swam back again,

Saying, Master take me up, or I shall be slain,

For I have sunk them in the Low Lands Low.

6

‘I’ll not take you up,’ the master he cried;

‘I’ll not take you up,’ the master replied;

‘I will kill you, I will shoot you, I will send you with the tide,

I will sink you in the Low Lands Low.’

7

The boy he swam round all by the starboard-side;