 | New York (N.Y.) - 1840 - 818 pages
...salt seas; Until we stike soundings In the Channel of old England, (From I • in. ni to Scilly 't is thirty-five leagues). " Then we hove our. ship to, with the wind at sou'wext, my boys, Then we hove our ship to, for to strike soundings clear ; Then we filled the main... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - Poor children - 1840 - 484 pages
...the salt seas ; Until we strike soundings In the Channel of old England, (From Ushant to Scilly 'tis thirty-five leagues). " Then we hove our ship to, with the wind at sou'west, my boys, Then we hove our ship to, for to strike soundings clear ; Then we filled the main topsail... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - American periodicals - 1840 - 492 pages
...the salt seas; Until we strike soundings In the Channel of Old Kngland, (From Ushant to ricilly 'tis thirty-five leagues.) "Then we hove our ship to, with the wind at eou'west, my boys, Then we hove our ship to, for to strike soundings clear ; Then we filled the main... | |
 | Books - 1841 - 658 pages
...the salt seas; Until we strike soundings In the Channel of old England, (From Ushant to Scilly 'tis thirty-five leagues). " Then we hove our ship to, with the wind at sou-west, my boys, Then we hove our ship to, for to strike soundings clear ; Then we filled the main topsail... | |
 | Percy Society - English literature - 1846 - 400 pages
...have no means of ascertaining at what period it was written. Captain Marryatt, in his uovcl^of.Poor Jack, introduces it, and says it is old. It is a general...We got soundings in ninety-five fathom, and boldly Upthe channel of old England our coursewedid steer. The first land we made it was called the Deadman,... | |
 | Percy Society - English literature - 1846 - 410 pages
...rant and we'll roar across the salt seas, Until we strike soundings in the channel of old England; From Ushant to Scilly is thirty-five leagues. Then we hove our ship to, with the wind at sou'- west, boys, We hove our ship to, for to strike soundings clear ; We got soundings in ninety-five... | |
 | Robert Bell, James Henry Dixon - Ballads, English - 1857 - 264 pages
...rant and we'll roar across the salt seas, Until we strike soundings in the channel of old England; From Ushant to Scilly is thirty-five leagues. Then we hove our ship to, with the wind at sou' -west, boys, We hove our ship to, for to strike soundings clear; We got soundings in ninety-five... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - English fiction - 1881 - 586 pages
...the salt seas : Until we strike soundings In the Channel of old England, f From Uahant to Scilly 'tis thirty-five leagues). " Then we hove our ship to, with the wind at sou' west, my boys, Then we heve our ship to, for to strike soundings clear ; Then we filled the main... | |
 | Robert Bell - Ballads, English - 1885 - 490 pages
...rant and we'll roar across the salt seas, Until we strike soundings in the channel of old England; From Ushant to Scilly is thirty-five leagues. Then we hove our ship to, with the wind at sou' -west, boys, We hove our ship to, for to strike soundings clear; We got soundings in ninety-five... | |
 | Laura Alexandrine Smith - Ocean - 1888 - 404 pages
...Until we strike soundings in the Channel of England, From Ushant to Scilly is thirty-five leagues. We hove our ship to, with the wind at sou'west, boys,...We hove our ship to, for to strike soundings clear, Then filled the main top-sail, and bore right away, boys, And straight up the Channel our course we... | |
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Then we hove our ship to, with the wind at sou'-west, boys, We hove our ship to, for to strike soundings clear; Then we filled the main topsail, and bore right away, boys, And straight up the Channel our course we did steer. 
