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Low-land, low-land, we sailed along the low-land sea
[Verse 1]
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Oh there was a ship that sailed on The High Barbary,
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and the name of the ship was the Gallant Argosy
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We feared she would be captured by the Spanish enemy
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as we sailed along the low-land,
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low-land, low-land, we sailed along the low-land sea.
[Verse 2]
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Then up stepped the youngest mate and boldly upspoke he,
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and he said unto the captain, What do y' have for me
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if I swim up to the side of the Spanish enemy
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and sink her in the low-land,
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low-land, low-land, and sink her in the low-land sea?
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Oh I will give you diamonds and buckets full of gold
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and my own fair daughter, your bonny bride to hold
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if you swim up to the side of the Spanish enemy and
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sink her in the low-land,
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low-land, low-land, and sink her in the low-land sea.
[Verse 4]
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Then the matey made him ready and he left the Argosy,
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and he swam through the water, and sank the enemy.
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Then quickly he swam back,but the Captain did not see
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and he left him in the Low-land
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low-land, low-land, he left him in the low-land sea
[Verse 5]
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Then the crew they pulled him out but upon the deck he died,
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so they stitched him in his hammock,and took him to the side,
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then they put him out to rest and he drifted with the tide,
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and he sank into the low-land,
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low-land, low-land, he sank into the low-land sea
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low-land, low-land, he sank into the low-land sea