Handsome Young Sailor lyrics

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When I was a young maid about seventeen
I `listed in the Navy for to serve the Queen
I `listed in the Navy, a sailor lad to stand
For to hear the cannons rattlin` and the music so grand.
The music so grand, the music so grand.
For to hear the cannons rattlin` and the music so grand.

Now the officer who `listed me was a tall and handsome man
He said ``you`ll make a sailor lad, so come along my man``
My waist bein` tall and slender, my fingers long and thin,
Oh, the very soon they learned me, I soon exceeded them.

Oh they sent me to bunk, and they sent me to bed
To lie with the sailor lads, I never was afraid
But takin` off my blue coat, it oft`times made me smile
For to think I was a sailor and a maiden all the while.
They sent me off to London to guard at the Tower,
And I`m sure I might have been there until my dyin` hour
But a lady fell in love with me, I said I was a maid,
So she went unto my captain and my secret she betrayed.

Oh the captain came up to me and asked if it was true
I dare not, I dare not, I dare not say no.
`It`s a pity we should lose you, such a sailor lad you made.
It`s a pity we should lose you, such a handsome young maid.`

So fare thee well good Captain, you`ve been so kind to me
And likewise my sailor lads, I`m sorry to part with thee.
But if ever the Navy needs a lad a sailor I`ll remain,
I`ll put on my cap and feather and I`ll run the riggin` again.

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