The waters so deep Of the Guadalquivír; The hour is at hand, We must wander, my dear.[7] ’Tis strange, he added, how our land, in truth, As it goes Southward seems to turn to youth, And with a softer sun all words are sung— As things are warmed—into the Spanish tongue: I’ve given you a song, let’s have another; “Well, I know one,” I said, “which seems its brother, Although, compared to yours, it’s nearer zero, In Spanish, _Digas tu el marinero!_” ----- [7] Si dormis, donçella, Despertad y abrid, Que venida es la hora, Si quereis partir. Si descalza estais No querais calzar, Que muchas las aquas Teneis de pasar— Las aguas tan hondas De Guadalquivír; Que venida es la hora Si teneis partir. THE LOVER TO THE SAILOR Now tell me this, my sailor boy, As sure as you love your wine, Oh did you ever see a ship As trim as that girl of mine? And you who’ve been in many a gale, And stood on many a deck; Oh did you ever see a sail As white as my true love’s neck? And you who have been where the red rose blows In many a Southern place, Oh did you ever see a rose Like those in my sweetheart’s face? Here’s a cheer for the women with jet black curls, Of Spain or of Portugal! And seven for the Yankee and English girls, The prettiest of them all! “Wall now,” cried Jones, “I railly must admit, Them Spanish songs of yourn hev taste and wit; But as I’m gettin’ hungry, what is upper In me just now is that I want my supper; And while it’s cookin’, till they bring the tub, I’ll sing you how a sailor lost his grub.” GREEN CORN AND POTATOES Oh I once was in love like a sinner, And the girl she was hahn’some and tall, She said she would cook me a dinner Of corn and potatoes and all. In a pot she put ham and potatoes, One chicken, and that not too small; With gumbos and good red tomatoes, And beans and some oysters and all. On a rock by the river she cooked it, When there came up a devil of a squall; And into the water it hooked it, With the corn and potatoes and all. The ham and the beans and potatoes All went in that devil of a squall, With the chicken and big red tomatoes, And carrots and oysters and all. Then hurrah, boys! Hurrah for the Union! And the banner which waves from the wall; Likewise for the parsnip and onion, Green corn and potatoes and all!