| Lyrics: | Jack the Sailor (Jackie Monroe)
There was a silk merchant
In London town did
dwell,
He had one only danghter,
And the truth to you I'll tell.
Sing lili,
lili, O, O lili, lili, O
This young lady she was courted
By men of high
degree;
There was none but Jack the sailor
Would ever do for she.
As soon as
her waiting-maid
Heard what she did say,
She went unto her father
With her heart
content.
Dcar daughter, if this be true
What I have heard of you,
It's Jackie
shall be vanished
And you confined shall be.
This body you may have,
My heart
you can't confine;
There's none but Jack the sailor
That can have this heart of
mine.
Poor Jackie, he's gone sailing
With trouble on his mind,
A-leaving of his
country
And darling girl behind.
Poor Jackie, he's gone sailing,
His face we
shall see no more.
He's landed at San Flanders
On the dismal sandy shore.
She
went into the tailor shop
And dressed in men's array,
And went into a vessel
To
convey herself away.
Before you step on board, sir,
Your name I'd like to
know.
She smiled all over her countenance
"They call me Jack Monroe."
Your
waist is light and slender,
Your fingers neat and small,
Your cheeks too red and
rosy
To face the cannon ball.
I know my waist is ligbt and
slender,
My fingers are neat and small,
But I never change my countenance
To face the
cannon ball.
The wars heing over,
She hunted all around
Among the dead and
wounded,
And her darling boy she fonnd.
She picked him all up in her arms
And
carried him to the town,
And sent for a physician
Who quickly healed his
wounds.
This couple they got married,
So well did they agree.
This couple they
got married,
And why not you and me?
From English Folk Songs From the Southern
Appalachians, Sharp
See also JACKAROE
@love @war @transvestite
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