 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 478 pages
...Spens is the best sailor, " That ever sail'd the sea." Our king has written a braid letter, And seal'd it with his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens,...the faem ; " The king's daughter of Noroway, " Tis thou maun bring her hame." The first word that Sir Patrick read, Sae loud loud laughed he ; The neist... | |
 | John Finlay - Ballads, Scots - 1808 - 234 pages
...the best sailor " That ever sail'd the sea." Our king has written a braid letter, And sign'd it wi' his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking on the strand. * Skeely skipper, skilful mariner. D " To Noroway, to Noroway, " To Noroway o'er the faem ; " The king's... | |
 | John Finlay - Ballads, Scots - 1808 - 238 pages
...the best sailor " That ever sail'd the sea." Our king has written a braid letter, And sign'd it wi' his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking on the strand. * Skeely skipper, skilful mariner. D " To Noroway, to Noroway, " To Noroway o'er the faem ; " The king's... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 718 pages
...Spens is the best sailor, " That ever sail'd the sea." Our King has written a braid letter, And seal'd it with his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens,...the faem ; " The King's daughter of Noroway, " 'Tis thou maun bring her hame." The first word that Sir Patrick read, Sae loud loud laughed he ; The neist... | |
 | Walter Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1821 - 534 pages
...Spens is the best sailor, " That ever saiPd the sea." Our King has written a braid letter, And seal'd it with his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens,...strand. " To Noroway, to Noroway, " To Noroway o'er the facm; " The King's daughter of Noroway, " 'Tis thou maun bring her hame." The first word that Sir Patrick... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1821 - 532 pages
...Spens is the best sailor, " That ever sail'd the sea." Our King has written a braid letter, And seal'd it with his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking on the strand. * In singing, the interjection O is added to the second and fourth line*. -|- Skecfy Skipper—Skilful... | |
 | Minstrelsy - 1827 - 566 pages
...king's right knee : " Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor That ever sailed the sea." Our king has written a braid letter, And sealed it with his hand,...o'er the faem ; The king's daughter of Noroway, Tis thou maun bring her hame ! " The first word that Sir Patrick read, Sae loud loud laughed he ; The neist... | |
 | William Motherwell - Ballads - 1827 - 566 pages
...king's right knee : " Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor That ever sailed the sea." Our king has written a braid letter, And sealed it with his hand,...o'er the faem ; The king's daughter of Noroway, 'Tis thou maun bring her hame !" The first word that Sir Patrick read, Sae loud loud laughed he ; The neist... | |
 | Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 432 pages
...of Malcolm Caumore to that of Alexander III. The king has written a braid letter, And signed it wi* his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking on the sand.* The first line that Sir Patrick read, A loud lauch lauchit he; The second line that Sir Patrick... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 1104 pages
...Spens is the best sailor, That ever sailed the sea."— Our King has written a braid letter, And seal'd it with his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens,...o'er the faem ; The king's daughter of Noroway, "Tis thou maun bring her hame." The first word that Sir Patrick read, Sae loud loud laughed he; The neist... | |
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O whare will I get a skeely skipper, To sail this new ship of mine ? " — O up and spake an eldern knight, Sat at the King's right knee, — " Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor That ever sailed the sea. 
