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THE TEMPEST.
Cease, rude RoreaS,‘b!ust’ring rtiier,
List ye laodsmen all to i»e.>
Messmates, bear a brother sailor.
Sing the dangers of the sea,
From bounding ttiilows fint in motioti,
When the distant whirlwinds rise;
To the tempest troubled ocean,
Where the seas contend with skies.
Hark the boatsweain hoarsely bawling,--1
By topsail sheets, and haulyard* stand 1
Down top-gallants quick be hauling,
Down your stay-sails, hand, boys, hand
Now it freshens, set the braces ;
Quick the topsail sheets let go ;
Luff, boys, luff, don’t ragke wry faces !
Up your topsails nimbly clew !
J
Now all you on down bed's sporting,
Fondly lock’d in beauty's arms,
Fresh enjoyments wanton courting,
Free from ail but lovVa alarms —
Bound us roar the tempest louder;
Think what fear our mind sathrals
Harder yet, it yet blows harder;
Now again the boatswain calis ;
'y
THE TEMPEST.
Cease, rude RoreaS,‘b!ust’ring rtiier,
List ye laodsmen all to i»e.>
Messmates, bear a brother sailor.
Sing the dangers of the sea,
From bounding ttiilows fint in motioti,
When the distant whirlwinds rise;
To the tempest troubled ocean,
Where the seas contend with skies.
Hark the boatsweain hoarsely bawling,--1
By topsail sheets, and haulyard* stand 1
Down top-gallants quick be hauling,
Down your stay-sails, hand, boys, hand
Now it freshens, set the braces ;
Quick the topsail sheets let go ;
Luff, boys, luff, don’t ragke wry faces !
Up your topsails nimbly clew !
J
Now all you on down bed's sporting,
Fondly lock’d in beauty's arms,
Fresh enjoyments wanton courting,
Free from ail but lovVa alarms —
Bound us roar the tempest louder;
Think what fear our mind sathrals
Harder yet, it yet blows harder;
Now again the boatswain calis ;
'y
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| Chapbooks printed in Scotland > Soldiers and sailors > Collection of popular songs > (2) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/108849930 |
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| Description | Viz. The tempest. The merry plowman. Todlen hame. A master I have. |
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| Shelfmark | L.C.2817(29) |
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| Description | Over 3,000 chapbooks published in Scotland in the 18th and 19th centuries. Subjects include courtship, humour, occupations, fairs, apparitions, war, politics, crime, executions, Jacobites, transvestites, and freemasonry. Chapbooks are small booklets of 8, 12, 16 and 24 pages, often illustrated with crude woodcuts. Produced cheaply and sold by peddlars on the streets, they formed the staple reading material of the common people, along with broadsides. |
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