Frank Sidgwick

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The Sweet Trinity Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A B C D EFEFDGH IFIFGDH JFJFDGDH DFDFD KG LM NO PP KQ RGD D D S CHTH

The Text is taken from a broadside in the Pepys collection iv which can be dated between and and is entitled Sir Walter Raleigh sailing in the Low lands Three other copies of the same edition of the broadside are knownA
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The Story of the Sweet Trinity has become confused with that of the Golden Vanity Golden Victorie Golden Trinitie Gold Pinnatree are variants which is probably a corrupted form of it indeed the weak ending of the broadside challenges any singer to improve upon it But again there are two distinct variations of the Golden Vanity ballad In the first class the boy having sunk the French galley calls to the Golden Vanity to throw him a rope and when it is refused threatens to sink her too whereupon they take him aboard and carry out all their promises of reward which vary considerably in the different versions In the second class the boy dies after he is taken up from the water in one version he sinks from exhaustion before he can be savedB
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The Sweet Trinity however has been taken by a ship of unspecified nationality 'false' might easily become corrupted into 'French' and thus this ballad deals with three ships while the Golden Vanity versions mention but two The latter are still current in folk songC
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THE SWEET TRINITYD
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Sir Walter Raleigh has built a shipE
In the NetherlandsF
Sir Walter Raleigh has built a shipE
In the NetherlandsF
And it is called the Sweet TrinityD
And was taken by the false gallalyG
Sailing in the LowlandsH
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'Is there never a Seaman boldI
In the NetherlandsF
Is there never a Seaman boldI
In the NetherlandsF
That will go take this false gallalyG
And to redeem the Sweet TrinityD
Sailing in the LowlandsH
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Then spoke the little Ship boyJ
In the NetherlandsF
Then spoke the little Ship boyJ
In the NetherlandsF
'Master master what will you give meD
And I will take this false gallalyG
And release the Sweet TrinityD
Sailing in the LowlandsH
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'I'll give thee gold and I'll give thee feeD
In the NetherlandsF
I'll give thee gold and I'll give thee feeD
In the NetherlandsF
And my eldest daughter thy wife shall beD
Sailing in the Lowlands '-
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He set his breast and away he did swimK
Until he came to the false gallalyG
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He had an augur fit for the nonceL
The which will bore fifteen good holes at onceM
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Some were at cards and some at diceN
Until the salt water flashed in their eyesO
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Some cut their hats and some cut their capsP
For to stop the salt water gapsP
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He set his breast and away did swimK
Until he came to his own ship againQ
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'I have done the work I promised to doR
I have sunk the false gallalyG
And released the Sweet TrinityD
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'You promised me gold and you promised me feeD
Your eldest daughter my wife she must be '-
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'You shall have gold and you shall have feeD
But my eldest daughter your wife shall never be '-
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'Then fare you well you cozening LordS
Seeing you are not so good as your word '-
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And thus I shall conclude my songC
Of the sailing in the LowlandsH
Wishing all happiness to all seamen both old and youngT
In their sailing in the LowlandsH

Frank Sidgwick



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