My mother told me Someday I would buy Galleys with good oars Sails to distant shores Stand up on the prow Noble barque I steer Steady course to the haven Hew many foe-men Hew many foe-men My mother told me Someday I would buy Galleys with good oars Sails to distant shores Stand up on the prow Noble barque I steer Steady course to the haven Hew many foe-men Hew many foe-men My mother told me (my mother told me) Someday I would buy (buy) Galleys with good oars (Galleys with good oars) Sails to distant shores Stand up on the prow (Stand up on the prow) Noble barque I steer (Steady) Steady course to the haven Hew many foe-men Hew many foe-men