Poems (Dorr)/Three Laddies

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THREE LADDIES
O sailors sailing north, Where the wild white surges roar,And fierce winds and strong winds Blow down from Labrador—Have you seen my three brave laddies,My merry red-cheeked laddies,Three bold, adventurous laddies, On some tempestuous shore?
O sailors sailing south, Where the seas are calm and blue,And light clouds and soft clouds Are floating over you,Say, have you seen my laddies,My three bright, winsome laddies,My brown-haired, smiling laddies, With hearts so leal and true?
O sailors sailing east, Ask the sea-gulls sweeping by;O sailors sailing west, Ask the eagles soaring high,If they have seen my laddies,My careless, heedless laddies,Three debonair young laddies, Beneath the wide, wide sky?
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O sailors, if you find them, Pray send them back to me;For them the winds go sighing Through every lonely tree—For these three wandering laddies,My tender, bright-eyed laddies,The laughter-loving laddies, Whom they no longer see.
There are three men who love me, Three men with bearded lips;But oh! ye gallant sailors Who sail the sea in ships—In elf-land, or in cloud-land, Or on the dreamland shore,Can you find the little laddies Whom I can find no more?Three quiet, thoughtful laddies,Three merry, winsome laddies,Three rollicking, frolicking laddies, On any far-off shore?
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