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 THE CAPTAIN&rsquo;S DAUGHTER. James T. Fields.

P cres.

1. We were crowd-ed in the cab - in, Not a

2. So we shud - dered there in sil - ence; For the

3. But his lit - tle daugh- ter whis-pered, As she

soul would dare to sleep; It  was mid - night on the

stout - est held his breath,  While  the  hun - gry  sea  was

took his  i - cy  hand,  "Isn't  God  up - on  the

waters, And  a  storm  was  on  the  deep,  'Tis  a

roaring, And  the  breakers  talked  with Death. And as

o - cean, Just  the  same  as  on  the land?"  Then  we

fear - ful thing  in  win - ter  To  be  shattered  by  the

thus we  sat  in  si - lence,  Each   bu - sy  in  his

kissed the  lit - tle  maid - en,  And  we  spoke  in  bet  -  ter