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I am a maid that's deep in love But yes I can complain |
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I have in this world but one true love |
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And Jimmy is his name |
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And if I do not find my love |
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I'll mourn most constantly |
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And I'll find and follow Jimmy thro' |
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The lands of liberty |
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Then I'll cut off my yellow hair |
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Men's clothing I'll wear on |
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I'll sign to a bold sea captain |
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My passage I'll work free |
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And I'll find and follow Jimmy thro' |
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The lands of liberty |
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One night upon the raging sea |
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As we were going to bed |
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The captain cried "Farewell my boy, |
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I wish you were a maid |
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Your rosy cheeks, your ruby lips |
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They are enticing me |
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And I wish dear God with all my heart |
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A maid you were to me'' |
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"Then hold your tongue, dear captain |
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Such talk is all in vain |
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And if the sailors find it out |
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They'll laugh and make much game |
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For when we reach Columbia shore |
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Some prettier girls you'll find |
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And you'll laugh and sing and court with them |
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For courting you are inclined" |
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It was no three days after |
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Our ship it reached the shore |
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"Adieu my loving captain |
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Adieu for evermore |
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For once I was a sailor on sea |
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But now I am a maid on shore |
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So adieu to you and all your crew |
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With you I'll sail no more'' |
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"Come back, come back, my own pretty maid |
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Come back and marry me |
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I have ten thousand pounds in gold |
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And that I'll give to thee |
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So come back, come back, my own pretty maid |
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Come back and marry me'' |
