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There lived a rich Nobleman's daughter |
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Caroline is her name we are been told |
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One day from her drawing room window |
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She admired a young sailor bold |
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She cried - I'm a Nobleman's daughter |
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My income's five thousand in gold |
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I forsake both my father and mother |
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And I'll marry young sailor bold |
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Says William- Fair lady remember |
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Your parents you are bound to mind |
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In sailors there is no dependence |
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For they leave their true lovers behind |
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And she says - There's no one could prevent me |
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One moment to alter my mind |
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In the ships I'll be off with my true love |
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He never will leave me behind |
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Three years and a half on the ocean |
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And she always proved loyal and true |
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Her duty she did like a sailor |
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Dressed up in her jacket of blue |
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When at last they arrived back in England |
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Straightway to her father she went |
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Oh father dear father forgive me |
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Deprive me forever of gold |
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Just grant me one favor I ask you |
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To marry a young sailor bold |
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Her father looked upon young William |
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And love and in sweet unity |
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If I be spared till tomorrow |
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It's married this couple shall be |
