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Lyrics for Silk Merchants Daughter by Unknown:
| | | Artist: | Unknown |
| | Album: | Unknown | | Track: | Silk Merchants Daughter | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 179 | | | | Lyrics: | The Silk Merchant's Daughter
There was a rich merchant in London did right,
Had one
only daughter, her beauty shined bright;
She loved a porter, and to prevent the day
Of
marriage they sent this poor young man away.
Oh now he is gone for to serve his
king,
It grieves the lady to think of the thing.
She dressed herself up in rich merchant's
shape;
She wandered away her true love for to seek.
As she was a-travelling one day,
almost night,
A couple of Indians appeared in her sight;
And as they drew nigh her, oh
this they did say:
'Now we are resolved to take your life away.'
She had nothing by
her but a sword to defend
These barbarous Indians murder intend,
But in the contest one of
them she did kill,
Which caused the other for to leave the hill.
And as she was
a-sailing over the tide
She spied a city down by the seaside.
She saw her dear porter
a-walking the street;
She made it her business her true love to meet.
'How do you
do, sir. Where do you belong?
I'm a-hunting a diamond, and I must be gone.'
He says:'I'm
no sailor, but if you want a man
For [your] passage over I'll do all I can.'
Then
straightway thev both went on board.
Says the captain to the young man:
'What did you do
with your sword?'
On account of long travel on him she did gaze:
'Once by my sword my
sweet life did save.'
Then straightway to London their ship it did steer;
Sueh utter
destruction to us did appear.
It was out on the main sea, to our discontent,
Our ship
sprung a leak, and to the bottom she went.
There was four-and-twenty of us contained in
one boat;
Our provision gave out and our allowance grew short.
Our provisions gave out,
and death drawing nigh,
Says the captain:'Let's cast lots for to see who shall
die.'
Then down on a paper each man's name was wrote;
Each man ran his venture, each
man had his note.
Amongst the whole ship's crew this maid's was the least;
It was her lot
to die for to feed all the rest.
'Now', says the captain,'let's cast lots and
see
Amongst the ship's crew who the butcher will be.'
It's the hardest of fortune you ever
did hear,
This maid to be killed by the young man, her dear.
He called for a basin for to
catch the blood
While this fair lady a-trembling stood,
Saying:'Lord, have mercy on me,
how my poor heart do bleed
To think I must die, hungry men for to feed.'
Then he
called for a knife his business to do.
She says: 'Hold your hand for one minute or two.
A
silk merchant's daughter in London I be;
Pray see what I've come to by loving of
thee.'
Then she showed a ring betwixt them was broke.
Knowing the ring, with a sigh
he spoke;
'For the thoughts of your dying my poor heart will burst;
For the hopes ofyour
long life, love, I will die first.'
Says the captain: 'If you love her, you'll make
amend;
But the fewest of number will die for a friend.
So quicken the business, and let it
be done';
Bui while they were speaking they all heard a gun.
Says the captain:'You
may now all hold your hand.
We all hear a gun, we are near ship or land.'
In about half an
hour to us did appear
A ship bound for London, which did our hearts cheer.
It carried us
safe over and us safe conveyed;
And then they got married, this young man and
maid.
Note: something for everyone. RG
from Oxford Book of Sea Songs,
Palmer
@cannibal @sailor @transvestite @token
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