The Sailor on the Sea

The Sailor on the Sea

It was in London fair that a lady she lived there,
This lady was of beauty and delight,
When unto this lady gay I became a servant maid,
And in me she took great delight.

She had one only son, of beauty, birth was born,
Although he was a sailor on the sea;
And he courted this fair maid till he had her heart betrayed,
And then he was bound for the sea.

It happened to be in a bedroom where she lay
That the tears from her cheeks at morn did flow,
Saying, “Are you going away, from me to ever stay,
And leave me on the shores for to mourn?”

“Oh, no! Oh, no!” Says he, “such things will never be
For as long as I’m a sailor on the sea;
And the ship that I command may she never reach the land
If I ever prove false, love, unto thee.”

Her long yellow hair it hung down in ringlets fair,
To cut them off she thought no one would know;
The next morning she arose, dressed herself in sailor’s clothes.
And straightaway to the captain she over did go.

She was both neat and trim, complete on every IMDb,
And the clothes she wore they fitted her so well;
As she gazed among the crew then the captain near her drew,
And he says, “Young man, have you ever been to sea?”

“Oh, no, kind sir,” said she, “I have never been to sea,
But take me as a young sailor bold,
For I do mean to go where the stormy winds do blow,
And its neither for your money nor fine clothes.”

So it happened on a time when the crew was drinking wine
That the tears from the captain’s eyes did flow,
Saying, “You’re like a lover of mine I remember many’s a time
That I left upon the shore for to mourn.”

“Oh, no! Oh, no!” says she, “such things can never be,
For as long as I’m a sailor on the sea,
And the ship that I command may she never reach the land
If ever I prove false, love, unto thee.”

The captain knew his own dear words, for they still ran in his mind,
And he flew into her arms like a dove;
Saying, “Since you have ventured here, love, all for the sake of me,
I’m married then, oh, married we shall be.”

They called for a boy, and they called for a girl,
And they called on a clergyman as well,
So their marriage lines were wrote, and these couple married
And now they live happy on the sea.