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The lawlajtds of hollajvd.
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My luve lies in the salt sea,
And I am on the side,
Enough to break a young- thing's heart
Wha lately was a bride;
Wha lately was a bonny, bride,
And pleasure in her e'e;
But the lawlands o' Holland
Hae twined my love and me. ,
New Holland is a barren place,
In it there grows nac grain,
Nor ony habitation,
Wherein for to remain;
But the sugar canes are plenty,
And the wine rt rap's frae the tree;
But the lawlands o' Holland
Hae twined my love and me.
My luve he built a bonnie ship,
And sent her to the sea,
Wi 1 seven— score brave mariners
To bear her companie;
Threescore g-aed to the bottom,
And threescore died at sea,
And the lawlands o' Holland
Hae twined my luve and me.
My luve has built anither ship,
And se-tft her to the main,
He had but twenty mariners,
And a' to bring- her hame;
The stormy clouds did roar again,
The raging waves did. rout,
And my ltrve, and his bonnie ship,
Turn'd widdershins about.