Anonymous, The Willow Tree (1816)
“ The deck it was their field of fame, The ocean was their grave; Where Blake, the boast of freedom, fought, Your manly hearts will glow, As you sweep thro' the deep, While the stormy winds do blow. ”
Anonymous, The Willow Tree (1816)
“ The deck it was their field of fame, The ocean was their grave; Where Blake, the boast of freedom, fought, Your manly hearts will glow, As you sweep thro' the deep, While the stormy winds do blow. ”
Anonymous, The Willow Tree (1816)
“ The clouds were rent asunder By lightning's vivid pow'rs. The night both drear and dark, Our poor devoted bark, Till next day, There she lay, In the bay of Biscay O. Now dash'd upon the billow, Our op'ning timbers creak; Each fears a wat'ry pillow, None stop the dreadful leak. ”
Anonymous, The Willow Tree (1816)
“ An' if a stock ye daur to pu', Or haud the yoking of a pleugh, We'll break yere sceptre owre yere mou, Thou wee bit German lairdie. Our hills are steep, our glens are deep, Nae fitting for a yardie ”