A Sailor S Life lyrics

A sailor`s life, it is a merry life
He robs young girls of their heart`s delight
Leaving them behind to weep and mourn
They never know when they will return

`Well, there`s four and twenty all in a row
My true love he makes the finest show
He`s proper, tall, genteel withal
And if I don`t have him, I`ll have none at all`

`Oh, father build for me a bonny boat
That on the wide ocean I may float
And every Queen`s ship that we pass by
There I`ll inquire for my sailor boy`

They had not sailed long upon the deep
When a Queen`s ship they chanced to meet
`You sailors all, pray tell me true
Does my sweet William sail among your crew?`

`Oh no, fair maiden, he is not here
For he`s been drownded, we greatly fear
On yon green island, as we passed it by
There we lost sight of your sailing boy`

Well, she rung her hands and she tore her hair
She was like a young girl in great despair
And her little boat against a rock did run
`How can I live now? My sweet William is gone
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