Oh, can ye sew
cushions and can ye sew sheets?
And can ye sing baluloo when the bairn greets?
And hie and baw birdie, and hie and baw lamb
And hie and baw birdie, my bonnie wee lamb.
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They’d stayed a few restful days in Barbados, but the island was now fading behind
them as the Pearl
made her way across the sunlit sea toward Jamaica.
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