1
There was an auncient ship, and an auncient ship was she,
Eee eedle ee, in the Lowlands so low
And the name of the ship was The Golden Vanitie.
As she sailed from the Lowlands so low
2
She had not sailed a league, no, not a league but three,
Until that shee spied a French galley.
3
‘It’s master, O master, what’ll ye gie me,