MAID ON THE SHORE (aka A Maid That's Deep in Love) Trad

I am a maid that's deep in love, but yet I can complain

I have in this world but one true love, and Jimmy is his name

And If I do not find my love, I'll mourn most constantly

And I'll find and I'll follow Jimmy through the Lands of Liberty

Oh I'll cut off my yellow hair, men's clothing I'll wear on,

I'll sign to a bold sea captain, my passage I'll work free

And I'll find and I'll follow Jimmy through the Lands of Liberty

One night upon the raging seas as we were going to bed,

The captain cried 'Farewell my boy - I wish you were a maid,

Your rosy cheek your ruby lips, they are enticing me,

And I wish dear God with all my heart, a maid you were to me."

"Ah hold your tongue dear captain, such talk is all in vain

And if any of the sailors find it out, they'll laugh and make much game

For when we reach Columbia's shore, some prettier girls you'll find

And you'll laugh and you'll sing and you'll court with them, for courting you are inclined"

Well it was not three days after, our ship it reached the shore,

"Adieu my loving captain, adieu for ever more,

For once I was a sailor on the sea, but (hey!) now I'm a maid on the shore,

So adieu to you and all your crew, with you I'll sail no more"