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THF SHIP OF FAME:
OR,
Captain Glen‘s Unhappy Voyage.
There was a ſhip and a ſlip of fame,
Launch‘d off the ſtocks, bound to the ⟨main,⟩
With a hundred & fifty brisk young ⟨men,⟩
Was pick‘d and choſen every one.
Launch‘d off the ſtocks, bound to the ⟨main,⟩
With a hundred & fifty brisk young ⟨men,⟩
Was pick‘d and choſen every one.
William Glen was our Captain‘s ⟨name,⟩
he was a bold and a brisk young man;
as bold a ſailor as e‘er went to ſea,
and he was bound to New Barbary.
he was a bold and a brisk young man;
as bold a ſailor as e‘er went to ſea,
and he was bound to New Barbary.
The firſt of april we did ſet ſail,
bleſt with a pleaſant and proſperous gale⟨,⟩
for we were bound to New Barbary,
with all our whole ſhip‘s company.
bleſt with a pleaſant and proſperous gale⟨,⟩
for we were bound to New Barbary,
with all our whole ſhip‘s company.
We had not ſailed a league but two,
till all our whole ſhip‘s jovial crew,
they all fell ſick but ſixty-three,
as we went to New Barbary.
till all our whole ſhip‘s jovial crew,
they all fell ſick but ſixty-three,
as we went to New Barbary.
One night the Captain he did dream,
there came a voice which ſaid to him,
prepare you and your company
to-morrow you muſt lodge with ⟨me.⟩
there came a voice which ſaid to him,
prepare you and your company
to-morrow you muſt lodge with ⟨me.⟩
