Here are the lyrics to "A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea"  

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A wet sheet and a flowing sea, / A wind that follows fast, / And fills the white and rustling sail, / And bends the gallant mast, / And bends the gallant mast, my boys! / While like an eagle free, / Away the good ship flies, / And leaves Columbia on our lee.

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Oh! Give me a wet sheet, / A flowing sea, / And a wind that follows fast, / And fills the white and rustling sail / And bends the gallant mast

Oh, for a soft and gentle wind, / I heard a fair one cry, / But give to me the roaring breeze,
And the white waves heaving high; / And white waves heaving high, my boys! / The good ship tight and free; / The world of waters is our home, / And merry men are we.

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There's a tempest in yon horned moon, / And lightning in yon cloud, / And hard the music, mariners, / The wind is piping loud; / The wind is piping loud, my boys! / The lightning flashes free, / While the hollow oak our palace is, / Our heritage the sea.

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