A Wet Sheet And A Flowing Sea, A Wind That Follows Fast, And Fills The White And Rustling Sail, And Bends The Gallant Mast.

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A wet sheet and a flowing sea,
A wind that follows fast,
And fills the white and rustling sail,
And bends the gallant mast.
And bends the gallant mast, my boys,
While like the eagle free
Away the good ship flies, and leaves
Old England on the lee.
-- Allan Cunningham (1785-1842)
-- A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea

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