If I go and sink yon French galley?’
4
O then said the master, I will gie till ye
The half of my lands in the South Countrie.
5
‘It’s I’ll gie ye meat, and I’ll gie ye fee,
And my eldest daughter your bride for to be.’
6
‘It’s wrap me up tight in a gude bull’s-skin,
And throw me over deck-board, sink I or swim.’