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T:Henry Martin
B:Jones, Lewis, 1998,Miss Broadwood's Delight,Ferret Publ., Sutton Coldfield
Z:Lucy Broadwood
S:Henry Burstow
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:There were_ three bro-thers in mer-ry Scot-land
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w:ln mer-ry Scot-land live-ed these,
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w: And they did cast lots_ one with_ the o_ ther o__ ther,
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w:To know who should_ rob the salt seas. *
W:There were three brothers in merry Scotland,
W:In merry Scotland liv-ed these,
W:And they did cast lots one with the other, other,
W:To know who should rob the salt seas.
W:
W:The lot it fell on Henry Martin,
W:The youngest of the three,
W:To go a Scotch robbing all on the salt sea, salt sea,
W:To maintain his two brothers and he.
W:
W:They had not sailed three cold winter's nights,
W:Nor scarcely cold winter's nights three,
W:Before they espied a lofty tall ship, tall ship,
W:Come sailing all on the salt sea.
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W:"Where are you going?" said Henry Martin,
W:How dare you sail so nigh?"
W:"I'm a rich merchant's ship to fair England bound, England bound,
W:So I pray you to let me pass free/by."
W:
W:"Oh no! Oh, no!" cried Henry Martin
W:"Such a thing as that never can be,
W:For I'm a Scotch robber, all on the salt sea, salt sea,
W:To maintain my two brothers and me!"
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W:So broadside to broadside in battle they went,
W:They fought full two hours or three
W:Till Henry Martin gave her her death wound, death wound,
W:And down to the bottom sank she.
W:
W:Bad news, bad news, my brave Englishmen,
W:Bad news I now bring to town:
W:The rich merchant's ship she is now cast away, cast away,
W:And the most of her merry men did drown.
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