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 There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft,
 To keep watch for the life of poor Jack.  
 There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft,
 To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. 
Thus far we run before the wind.
Thus far we run before the wind.
 O pilot! 'tis a fearful night,
 There's danger on the deep.  
 O pilot! 'tis a fearful night,
 There's danger on the deep. 
Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.
Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.
 Though pleas'd to see the dolphins play,
 I mind my compass and my way.  
 Though pleas'd to see the dolphins play,
 I mind my compass and my way. 
 What though the sea be calm? trust to the shore,
 Ships have been drown'd, where late they danc'd before.  
 What though the sea be calm? trust to the shore,
 Ships have been drown'd, where late they danc'd before. 
 A wet sheet and a flowing sea,
 A wind that follows fast
  And fills the white and read more 
 A wet sheet and a flowing sea,
 A wind that follows fast
  And fills the white and rustling sails,
   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 in the lee. 
 And as great seamen, using all their wealth
 And skills in Neptune's deep invisible paths,
  In tall read more 
 And as great seamen, using all their wealth
 And skills in Neptune's deep invisible paths,
  In tall ships richly built and ribbed with brass,
   To put a girdle round about the world. 
 Ye gentlemen of England
 That live at home at ease,
  Ah! little do you think upon
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 Ye gentlemen of England
 That live at home at ease,
  Ah! little do you think upon
   The dangers of the seas.