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"english": "The wind picks up, / it freshens up / around Hatteras tonight. / Hoy, Yankee schooner, / hold your course; / steady, sailor at your helm.",
"ref": "1928, Harry Martinson, “Vid Kap Hatteras”, in Dikter och prosa ur Sjömannen, page V:",
"text": "Det blåser upp, / det friskar i / kring Hatteras i natt. / Hoy, yankeeschoone, / håll din kurs; / klar, sailor vid din ratt.",
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"ref": "1939, Rudolf Värnlund, U 39, page 71:",
"text": "Jag kommer ihåg en gammal sailor, som när han var på det humöret brukade kalla sjön för djävulens galla. Men jag tror fan spytt ut mera av gallan över landbacken på sista tiden —",
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"english": "Yes, the English fleet has been sighted near Vinga, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, / A thousand little sailors for us to subdue, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. / In the roller coaster, you'll get them so near, don’t you know,",
"ref": "1946, Lasse Dahlquist, “Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!”:",
"text": "Jo, engelska flottan har siktats vid Vinga, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, / Tusen små sailors som vi sk'a betvinga, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. / I berg och dalbanan får man dem så nära må ni tro,",
"translation": "Yes, the English fleet has been sighted near Vinga, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, / A thousand little sailors for us to subdue, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. / In the roller coaster, you'll get them so near, don’t you know,",
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"text": "Det blåser upp, / det friskar i / kring Hatteras i natt. / Hoy, yankeeschoone, / håll din kurs; / klar, sailor vid din ratt.",
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"text": "Jag kommer ihåg en gammal sailor, som när han var på det humöret brukade kalla sjön för djävulens galla. Men jag tror fan spytt ut mera av gallan över landbacken på sista tiden —",
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