But they were all at the bottom of the sea.
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a. Motherwell’s MS., p. 145. b. Motherwell’s Minstrelsy, Appendix, p. xxiii, No XXX, the first stanza.
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Up and spoke the bonny mermaid,
Wi the comb and the glass in her hand;
Says, Cheer up your hearts, my mariners all,
You are not very far from the land.
And the raging seas do foam, foam,
And the stormy winds do blow,