1.
Upon one summer's morning, I carefully did stray
Down by the Walls of Wapping, where I met a sailor gay
Conversing with a bouncing lass, who seem'd to be in pain
Saying, William, when you go, I fear you will ne'er return again.
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My heart is pierced by Cupid, I disdain all glittering gold
There is nothing that can console me but my jolly sailor bold.
2.
His hair hangs in ringlets, his eyes as black as coal
My happiness attend him wherever he may go
From Tower Hill to Blackwall, I'll wander, weep and moan
All for my jolly sailor, until he sails home.
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3.
My father is a merchant — the truth I now will tell
And in great London City in opulence doth dwell
His fortune doth exceed 300,000 gold
And he frowns upon his daughter, who loves a sailor bold
A fig for his riches, his merchandise, and gold
True love has grafted my heart; give me my sailor bold
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4.
Should he return in pov'rty, from o'er the ocean far
To my tender bosom, I'll press my jolly tar
My sailor is a smiling as the pleasant month of May
And often we have wandered through Ratcliffe Highway
Many a pretty blooming young girl we did behold
Reclining on the bosom of her jolly sailor bold.
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5.
My name it is Maria, a merchant's daughter fair
And I have left my parents and three thousand pounds a year
Come all you pretty fair maids, whoever you may be
Who love a jolly sailor bold that ploughs the raging sea
While up aloft, in storm, from me his absence mourn
And firmly pray, arrive the day, he's never more to roam
My heart is pierced by Cupid, I disdain all glittering gold
There is nothing that can console me but my jolly sailor bold.
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