A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea
Allan Cunningham
1784 to 1842
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A wet sheet and a flowing sea,
A that follows fast,
And fills the white and rustling sail,
And bends the gallant mast;
And bends the mast, my boys,
While, like the eagle free,
the good ship flies, and leaves
Old England the lee.
O for a soft and gentle wind!
I heard a fair one cry;
But give to the snoring breeze,
And white waves heaving high;
white waves heaving high, my boys,
The good tight and free—
The world of waters is our home,
And merry men are we.
There's tempest in horned moon,
And lightning in yon cloud;
And the music, mariners!
The wind is piping loud;
wind is piping loud, my boys,
The lightning free—
While the hollow oak our palace is,
heritage the sea.