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Title
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Maid and the sailor
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Singer
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Phillips, Amelia Gingell Mrs.
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
As a pretty maid in the garden was walking,
A brisk young sailor she chanced to see;
He stepped up to her to ask her favour,
Saying, 'Pretty maid, can you fancy me?'
Verse 2
'I think you are some man of honour,
Some man of honour, you seem to be;
How can you impose on a poor young woman,
That is not fit your servant to be?'
Verse 3
'If you are not fit to be my servant,
A real regard I have for thee;
I mean to marry and make you my lady,
And I'll have servants to wait on thee.'
Verse 4
'I have a sweet heart of my own, sir,
And seven years he's been at sea;
And seven more, I will wait for him,
If he's alive he'll return to me.'
Verse 5
'If it is seven years since your true love has left you,
I'm sure he's either dead or drowned.'
'If he's alive I will love him dearly,
And if he's dead, in heaven he's crowned.'
Verse 6
Then when he found her love was loyal -
'It's a pity that true love be crossed.
I am that poor and single sailor,
Many a time on the wide ocean tossed.'
Verse 7
'Then if you are my poor and single sailor,
Show me the token I gave to thee;
For seven years makes an alteration,
Since my true love has been gone from me.'
Verse 8
He took his hand out of his bosom,
His fingers being both long and small;
He showed her the ring that was broke betwixt them,
Soon as she saw it she down did fall.
Verse 9
He took her up all in his arms,
And gave her kisses by two and three;
Saying, 'I am thy poor and single sailor,
I've just returned to marry thee.'
Verse 10
So now this couple they are married,
In wedlock's bounds they are bound with joy;
Now these two lovers live contented,
So here's an end to my sailor boy.
