Classic Poem

1.

There was a fair lady far crossed in love,
Far crossed in love as it were, O;
Nothing could she find to ease her fair mind,
Than to stray all along the sea shore, O,
Than to stray all along the sea shore.

2.

There was a sea captain a-ploughing the deep,
A-ploughing the deep as it were, O,
Nothing could he find to ease his sad mind,
Than to sail all along the sea shore, O.

3.

" I shall die, I shall die, " the sea captain he cried,
" If I don't get that lady so fair, O;
What will I not give to my jolly seamen,
If they'll bring that fair damsel on board, O! "

4.

" O, I have got silver and I have got gold,
And I have got costly a ware, O;
All these I will give to my jolly seamen,
If they'll bring this fair damsel on board, O. "

5.

With many persuasions she came on board,
The captain he welcomed her there, O;
He welcomed her down to the cabin below,
Saying, " Fare thee well, sorrow and care, O! "

6.

She sang him a song, it was at his request,
She sang it so sweet and so fair, O;
She sang it so sweet, so neat and complete,
That she sang the sea captain to sleep, O.

7.

Then she robbed him of silver, she robbed him of gold,
She robbed him of costly a ware, O;
And the captain's broadsword she used for an oar,
And she paddled her boat to the shore, O.

8.

" O were my men sleeping, or were my men mad,
Or were my men sunk in despair, O,
That that lady so gay should thus run away,
When the captain he welcomed her there, O? "

9.

" No, your men were not sleeping, your men were not mad,
Your men were not sunk in despair, O;
I deluded your crew and likewise yourself too,
And again I'm a maid on the shore, O! "