Sir Patrick Spens Testo

The king sits in dunfermline town
Drinking of the blood red wine,
❝❝where can I get a good sea captain
To sail this mighty ship of mine? ❝❝
Then up there spoke a bonny boy
Sitting at the king❝s right knee,
❝❝sir patrick spens is the very best seaman
That ever sailed upon the sea.❝❝
The king has written a broad letter
And sealed it up with his own right hand,
Sending word unto sir patrick
To come to him at his command.
❝❝an enemy then this must be
Who told a lie concerning me,
For I was never a very good seaman
Nor ever do intend to be.❝❝
❝❝last night I saw the new moon
With the old moon in her arm,
A sign, the sign since we were born
That means there❝ll be a deadly storm.❝❝
They had not sailed upon the sea
A day, a day, but barely three,
When loud and boisterous grew the winds
And loud and stormy grew the sea.
Then up there came a mermaiden
A comb and glass all in her hand,
❝❝here❝s a health to you my merry young men,
For you❝ll not see dry land again!❝❝
❝❝oh, long may my lady look
With a lantern in her hand
Before she sees my bonny ship
Come sailing homewards to dry land.❝❝
Forty miles off aberdeen
The water❝s fifty fathoms deep
There lies good sir patrick spens
With the scots lords at his feet.