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Title
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Caroline and her young sailor bold
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Singer
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Iles, Elijah
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
It's of a rich nobleman's daughter,
So comely and handsome we hear,
Her father possessed a great fortune -
Full thirty five thousand a year;
He had but one only daughter,
Caroline was her name I've been told,
One day, from her drawing room window,
She admired a young sailor bold.
Verse 2
His cheeks they appeared like two roses,
His hair was a black as the jet,
Young Caroline watched his departure,
Walked round, and young William she met;
She said, 'I'm a nobleman's daughter,
Possessed of ten thousand in gold,
I'll forsake both my father and mother,
To wed with a young sailor bold.'
Verse 3
Said William - 'Young lady remember,
Your parents you are bound to mind,
And on sailors there is no dependence,
When their lovers are left far behind;
I'll advise you to stay at home with your parents,
And do as by them you are told,
And never let anyone tempt you,
To wed with a young sailor bold.'
Verse 4
She said -'There's no one shall persuade me,
One moment to alter my mind,
But I'll ship and proceed with my true love,
He never shall leave me behind.'
Then she dressed like a gallant young sailor,
Forsook both her parents and gold;
Four years and a half on the salt seas,
She ploughed with her young sailor bold.
Verse 5
Three times with her true she was ship wrecked,
And always proved constant and true,
Her duty she did like a sailor,
Went aloft in her jacket so blue;
Her father he wept and lamented,
And the tears from his eyes often rolled,
When at length they arrived safe in England -
Caroline and her young sailor bold.
Verse 6
Then her father admitted young William,
And vowed that in sweet unity,
If his life it was spared till the morning,
Together they married should be;
They were married and Caroline's portion,
Was two hundred thousand in gold,
So now they live happy and cheerful -
Caroline and her young sailor bold.
