10 _stanzas_. =d.= 1 A ship I have got in the North Country, And she goes by the name of The Golden Vanity; O I fear she’ll be taken by a Spanish Galalie, As she sails by the Lowlands low. 8 _stanzas_. =e.= Buchan; MSS, II, 390. 1 Our ship sailed to the North Country, Sing, How the Lowlands lo[w] Our ship sailed on to the North Countrie, And the name o her was The Gold Pinnatree, She was as fine a vessel as ever sailed the sea, And she sails by the Lowlands lo[w] 2 We hadna sailed leagues but only three, Till the captain from the maindeck fixed an ee; He spied a lofty frigate was sailing closely tee, And her name was The French Gallio. 3 Then out it speaks the pilot, by the mainyard did stand, Says, O my pretty boys, we are all undone; We must prepare to fight or be sunk to the sand, For yonder comes the French gallio. 4 Then spoke the little cabin-boy, [where stood he,] Said, O my loving master, what will ye gie me And I will sink this proud Gallio in the sea, And I will sink the French gallio? 5 ‘I will gie you gold, boy, and I will gie you fee, Besides a rarer gift that I will give thee; Ye’se have my eldest daughter your wedded wife to be, If ye will sink the French gallio.’ 6 The boy bent his breast, and away swam he, And took a bold venture thro the stormy sea, And cam close by his enemy, as sly as he could be, It was to sink the French gallio. 7 Some there were at cards, and some there were at dice, But the little cabin-boy was at the best device, He was sinking the French gallio in the sea, He was sinking the French gallio. 8 This boy had a case o fine instruments, He ca’d fifty holes, and drove them a’ at once, And he soon sank the French gallio in the sea, And he soon sank the French gallio. 9 Then the boy bent his breast, and back swam he, Till that he cam to The Gold Pinnatree; Says, Now, my loving master, what will ye gie me? For I have sunk the French gallio. 10 ‘Now give to me my gold, master, [give to me my fee,] Or give to me the other rare gifts ye promised me; It was your eldest daughter, my wedded wife to be; For the sinking o the French gallio.’ 11 ‘Ye shall have no gold, boy, ye shall have no fee; I wadna ware my daughter on ony such as thee; For as you’ve done to her, boy, so wad you do to me, By the sinking o the French [gallio].’ 12 Then they put out their long-boat and catched him by the side, And rowed him into ane auld cow’s-hide, And tossed him overboard, to float on the tide, For sinking the French gallio. Gallio _may be surmised to be properly_ galley O.