The Sweet Trinity (The Golden Vanity)
No: 286; variant: 286A
- SIR WALTER RAWLEIGH has built a ship,
In the Neatherlands
Sir Walter Rawleigh has built a ship,
In the Neather-lands
And it is called The Sweet Trinity,
And was taken by the false gallaly.
Sailing in the Low-lands
- 'Is there never a seaman bold
In the Neather-lands
Is there never a seaman bold
In the Neather-lands
That will go take this false gallaly,
And to redeem The Sweet Trinity?'
Sailing, etc.
- Then spoke the little ship-boy;
In the Neather-lands
Then spoke the little ship-boy;
In the Neather-lands
'Master, master, what will you give me
And I will take this false gallaly,
And release The Sweet Trinity?'
Sailing, etc.
- 'I'll give thee gold, and I'le give thee fee,
In the Neather-lands
I'll give thee gold and I'le give thee fee,
In the Neather-lands
And my eldest daughter thy wife shall be.'
Sailing, etc.
- He set his breast, and away he did swim,
Until he came to the false gallaly.
- He had an augor fit for the [n]once,
The which will bore fifteen good holes at once.
- Some ware at cards, and some at dice,
Until the salt water flashd in their eyes.
- Some cut their hats, and some cuth their caps,
For to stop the salt-water gaps.
- He set his breast, and away did swim,
Until he came to his own ship again.
- 'I have done the work I promised to do,
For I have sunk the false gallaly,
And released The Sweet Trinity.
- 'You promised me gold, and you promised me fee,
Your eldest daughter my wife she must be.'
- 'You shall have gold, and you shall have fee,
But my eldest daughter you wife shall never be.'
For sailing, etc.
- 'Then fare you well, you cozening lord,
Seeling you are not so good as your word.'
For sailing, etc.
- And thus I shall conclude my song,
Of the sailing in the Low-lands
Wishing all happiness too all seamen both old and young.
In their sailing in the Low-lands