’Tis with hands all round, and a - cross the sea,
That we speed her forth with our
[1]three . . . . times three! . . .
2. A thou - sand times have her sails been set
O’er a car - go of gold - en grain;
A thou - sand times may she bear it yet,
And a thou - sand to that a - gain!
For her freight has ev - er more pre - cious grown,
Each time we have watch’d her start, . .
With the va - ried cheer that has grown so dear