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Henry Martin (of Henry Martyn of The Lofty Tall Ship) is een traditioneel Schots volks lied. Het is gebaseerd op het leven van Sir Andrew Barton (1466 - 1511). Hij had van de Schotse kroon de opdracht gekregen om Portugese schepen aan de ketting te leggen en de bemanning te arresteren. Met andere woorden: hij kreeg de opdracht Portugese schepen te kapen. Maar al snel werd hij van kaper piraat. Hij stierf in 1511 in een gevecht met de Engelsen.
There were three brothers in merry Scotland In merry Scotland there were three And they did cast?lots?which of them?should go Should go, should go And turn?robber all on the salt sea The lot, it fell first?upon?Henry?Martin The youngest of?all the three That?he should turn robber all on the salt sea The salt sea, the salt sea For to maintain his two brothers and he They had not been sailing but a long winter's night And a part of a short winter's day When he espied a stout lofty ship Lofty ship, lofty ship Come a-bibbing down on him straight way "Hello, hello", cried Henry Martin "What makes you sail so nigh?" "I'm a rich merchant ship bound for fair London Town London Town, London Town" Will you please for to let me pass by? "Oh no, oh no", cried Henry Martin "This thing, it never could be For I have turned robber all on the salt sea The salt sea, the salt sea For to maintain my two brothers and me" Then broadside and broadside and at it they went For fully two hours or three 'Til Henry Martin gave to them the death shot The death shot, the death shot And straight to the bottom went she Bad news, bad news to old England came Bad news to fair London Town There's been a rich vessel and she's cast away Cast away, cast away And all of her merry men drowned