{"product_id":"2940149224289","title":"Alf the Freebooter, Little Danneved and Swayne Trost, and Other Ballads","description":"Sir Alf he is an Atheling,\u003cbr\u003eBoth at Stevn and at Ting. [5]\u003cbr\u003e   Know ye little Alf?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlf he builds a vessel stout,\u003cbr\u003eFor he will rove and sail about.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlf he builds a vessel high,\u003cbr\u003eThe trade of pirate he will try.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe draws on the sand a circle mark,\u003cbr\u003eAnd with a bound he gained the bark.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUpon the prow Alf foremost stood,\u003cbr\u003eAnd Copenhagen’s koggers view’d.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ep. 6O’er the wide sea he flung a look,\u003cbr\u003eHe knew the course the vessels took.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There koggers nine salute mine eyes,\u003cbr\u003eAll, all they bear shall be my prize.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlone into a boat he goes,\u003cbr\u003eAnd briskly to the koggers rows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Well met, ye Courtmen, clad in mail\u003cbr\u003eUnto what haven do ye sail?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Unto that haven we are bound,\u003cbr\u003eWhere Alf is likeliest to be found.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What will ye on the man bestow\u003cbr\u003eWho unto ye Sir Alf can show?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Silver and gold to him we’ll give,\u003cbr\u003eAll he can wish for shall he receive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents of worth he shall not miss,\u003cbr\u003eThe robber’s vessel shall be his.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“And what shall be the pirates’ lot,\u003cbr\u003eIf Alf the pirate escape you not?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ep. 7“His mariners we’ll hew and slay,\u003cbr\u003eHimself we will in irons lay.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Ha! little Alf ye here may see,\u003cbr\u003eSlight victory ye shall win from me!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Up, up and board, my gallant crew,\u003cbr\u003eCable and rope asunder hew!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTill he was weary Alf he hew’d,\u003cbr\u003eIn fifteen Courtmen’s gore he stood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe captured all the koggers nine,\u003cbr\u003eAnd sailed for Norway o’er the brine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo Rostock in the tiding goes,\u003cbr\u003eThen palened many a cheek of rose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWidow and child lamented sore,\u003cbr\u003eThis hurtful hawk had made them poor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut they must thole this damage all,\u003cbr\u003eTheir tears but bootless, bootless fall.\u003cbr\u003e   Know ye little Alf?","brand":"Lost Leaf Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175961706736,"sku":"2940149224289","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149224289_p0.jpg?v=1763714148","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149224289","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}