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Title
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Down in the lowlands low
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Singer
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Sawyer, David [Phoebus]
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
Young Emma was a servant maid and loved a sailor bold,
Who ploughed the main, much gold to gain, for his love, as I've been told.
On board the jolly merchantman he sailed up and down,
And went upon a man-o'-war a-fighting for the Crown.
Verse 2
Now seven long years were ended since he sailed on the foam,
And when seven years were ended young Edwin he came home;
He went unto his Emma's house the gold to her to show,
That he gained upon the main and about the lowlands low.
Verse 3
Emma's father kept a public inn that stood down by the sea,
Says Emma, 'You can enter in and here this night can be:
I'll meet you in the morning, don't let my parents know,
That your name it is young Edwin that ploughs the lowlands low.'
Verse 4
Young Edwin he sat drinking till 'twas time to go to bed,
But little was he thinking what sorrows crowned his head.
Said Emma's cruel father - 'This gold will make a show,
And we'll send his body sinking down in the lowlands low.'
Verse 5
As Emma on her pillow lay she had a frightful dream,
She thought she saw his body laid down by a crystal stream.
Then she arose, put on her clothes, and to her friends did go,
Because she loved him dearly that ploughed the lowlands low.
Verse 6
'Oh mother! where is the stranger that came here last night to lay?'
'He's dead and still, no tales to tell,' her father then did say.
'Oh father! cruel father! You'll die a public show,
For murdering my Edwin down in the lowlands low.'
