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Adrift! A little boat adrift!

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Adrift! A little boat adrift! Lyrics

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Adrift! A little boat adrift!
And night is coming down!
Will no one guide a little boat
Unto the nearest town?

So Sailors say — on yesterday
Just as the dusk was brown
One little boat gave up its strife
And gurgled down and down

So angels say — on yesterday
Just as the dawn was red
One little boat — o'erspent with gales
Retrimmed its masts — redecked its sails
And shot — exultant on!

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    Fire
  4. 31.
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  6. 48.
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    Ending
  20. 117.
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  21. 121.
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