A Wet Sheet And A Flowing Sea - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea. 
A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the while And rustling sail, 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 on the lee. 
Oh, for a soft and gentle wind! I heard a fair one cry; But give to me the swelling breeze. And white waves heaving high: The white waves heaving high, my lads, The good ship tight and free-The world of waters is our home, And merry men are we. 
There's a tempest in your horn'd moon, And lightning in yon cloud; And hark, the music, mariners! The wind is wakening loud: The wind is wakeuing loud, my boys, The lightning flashes free; The hollow oak our palace is, Our heritage the sea.