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Oh the wild geese a-flying a-flying a-flying, The wild geese a-swimming upon the grey sea.’ Stephen whistled a bar and then, in his disagreeable crake, he sang ‘They will never return, for the white horse has scunnered Has scunnered has scunnered The white horse has scunnered upon the green lea.’
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A mystery song WB Yeats ref 1913? Also a reference to Flight of the Earls
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
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