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Lyrics for Rambling Sailor by Unknown:
| | | Artist: | Unknown |
| | Album: | Unknown | | Track: | Rambling Sailor | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 168 | | | | Lyrics: | The rambling Sailor
l am a sailor stout and bold,
Long time I have ploughed the
ocean
To fight for my king and country too,
For honour and promotion.
I said:
"Brother sailors I will bid you adieu.
I will go no more to the seas with you,
I will
travel the country through and through,
And still be a rambling sailor."
When I came
to Greenwich town
There were lasses plenty!
I boldly stepped up to one
To court her
for her beauty.
I said: "My dear, be of good cheer.
I will not leave, you need not
fear,
I will travel the country through and through,
And still be a rambling
sailor."
When I came to Woolwich town,
There were lasses plenty.
I boldly stepped up
to one
To court her for her money.
I said: "My dear, what do you choose?
There's ale
and wine and rum punch too,
Besides a pair of new silk shoes
To travel with a rambling
sailor."
When I awoke all in the morn
I left my love a-sleeping.
I left her for
an hour or two
Whilst I go courting some other;
But if she stays till I return
She
may stay there till the day of doom.
I'll court some other girl in her room,
And still be
a rambling sailor.
And if you want to know my name,
My name it is young
Johnson.
I have got a commission from the king
To court all girls that are
handsome.
With my false heart and flattering tongue
I court all girls both old and
young;
l court them all and marry none,
And still be a rambling sailor.
Note: a
completely different slant from that in Killen's version
From Oxford Book of Sea Songs,
Palmer
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