7 He swam, an he swam, an he better swam, Until he to the French galley cam. As she sailed, etc. 8 O some were playin cards, an some were playin dice, But he struck her wi an auger thirty three and thrice. As she sailed, etc. 9 Aboot, an aboot, an aboot went she, Until she cam to the bottom of the sea. As she sailed, etc. =f.= _Sir Walter Scott’s recollections here seem not trustworthy, and of this he was himself aware._ 1 The George-a-Low eame down the strait, Hey low and the Lowlands so low And she will be lost, both vessel and freight, For the chasing of a French galerie O 5 ‘Row me in a good bull-skin, And fling me overboard, for to sink or to swim,’ For the sinking of yon French galerie O 6 They row him, etc. 8 Some were playing at cards and dice, When the sea came gushing in a trice. For the sinking, etc. =C.= =b.= 1 Our ship she was called The Golden Vanitie; We had sailed from our port about miles fifty-three, When up came with us a Spanish gallee, To sink us in the Lowlands low. 2 Our master wrung his hands, but our little cabin-boy Said, What will you give me, master, if I do them destroy? ‘Oh I will give you gold, and my daughter too, with joy, If you sink them,’ etc. 3 The boy gave a nod, and then jumped into the sea, And he swam till he came to the Spanish gallee; He climbed up aboard, and below to work went he, To sink them, etc. 4 For this boy he had an auger that bored twenty holes in twice, And while some were playing cards, and some were playing dice, Through the bottom of the ship he bored it in a trice, And he sunk them, etc. 5 The galley she went down, but the boy swam back again, Crying, Master, pick me up, or I shall soon be slain; Pray heave to me a rope, or I shall sink in the main; For I’ve sunk them, etc. 6 ‘I will not pick you up,’ the master loudly cried, ‘I will not heave a rope,’ the master he replied; ‘I will kill you, I will sink you, I will leave you in the tide, I will sink you,’ etc. 7 The boy he swam around the ship from side to side, But he could not get aboard, so he sank, and he died, And they left him where he was, to go down with the tide; So they sunk him, etc. =c.= 1 There was a good ship from the North Countrie, Sailing low in the Lowlands low There was, etc. And that ship’s name was The Golden Vanity. Sailing low in the Lowlands, low in the sea, Sailing low in the Lowlands low The master said, I fear for my good ship Vanity, Oh, I fear for my good ship, The Golden Vanity, That she will be taken by the pirate Targalley, As she sails in, etc. 2^2 ‘Oh, master, good master, what will you give me If I sink yon Targalley low in the sea?’