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Lyrics for Servant Of Rosemary Lane by Unknown:
| | | Artist: | Unknown |
| | Album: | Unknown | | Track: | Servant Of Rosemary Lane | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 159 | | | | Lyrics: | The Servant of Rosemary Lane
When I was a servant in Rosemary Lane
I gained the
goodwill of my master and dame,
Till at length a young sailor came there for to lie,
Which
was the beginning of my misery.
He called for a candle to light him to bed,
He
called for a napkin to tie round his head;
To tie round his head as he used for to do,
And
he vowed and he swore I should come to bed too.
In the middle of the night this young man
grew bold
And into my lap he threw handfuls of gold,
Saying 'Take this, my dear, and more
you shall have.
I'll be a friend to you as long as I live.'
So we tumbled and tossed
by the light of the moon;
We rose the next morning all in the same tune.
The very next
morning this young man arose
And dressed himself out in his tarpaulin
clothes.
'Alas,'then I cried,'oh, I am undone.
He has left me with child of a
daughter or son;
And if 'tis a girl she shall stay at home with me,
And if' tis a boy he
shall plough on the sea.
'With his long-quartered shoes, check shirt and blue
jacket,
On the quarter-deck he shall stand like a bold British tar;
So I'll dry up my milk
as you shall plainly see,
And pass for a maid in my own country.'
From Oxford Book
of Sea Songs
See also RASPLANE AMBLTOWN
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