Stonecircle - Saucy Sailor lyrics

rate me

(Traditional)<br />

Come my own one, come my fair one<br />

Come now unto me<br />

Could you fancy a poor sailor lad<br />

Who has just come from sea?<br />

You are ragged, love; you are dirty, love;<br />

And your clothes smell much like tar;<br />

So begone, you saucy sailor lad,<br />

So begone, you Jack Tar.<br />

If I'm ragged, love; and I'm dirty, love;<br />

And my clothes smell much like tar;<br />

I have silver in me pockets, love,<br />

And gold in great store.<br />

And then when she heard him say so<br />

On her bended knee she fell--<br />

I will marry my dear Henry,<br />

For I love the lad so well.<br />

Do you think that I am foolish, love?<br />

Do you think that I am mad,<br />

For to wed with a poor country girl<br />

Where no fortune's to be had?<br />

I will cross the briny ocean,<br />

I will whistle and sing,<br />

And since you have refused the offer, love,<br />

Some other girl shall wear the ring.<br />

I am frolicksome, I am easy,<br />

Good-tempered and free,<br />

And I don't give a single pin, me boys,<br />

What the world thinks of me.