Eli Dale
Portland, Maine
Brett Burnham
formerly of Bath, Maine
(now living in Guam) |
There is a young maiden; she lives all alone;
She lives all alone on the shore-o;
There's nothing she can find for to comfort her mind
But to roam all alone on the shore, shore, shore –
But to roam all alone on the shore.
'Tis of a bold Captain who sailed the salt sea,
Let the winds blow high, blow low;
"I will die, I will die," this bold Captain did cry,
"If I don't have that maid on the shore, shore, shore –
If I don't have that maid on the shore."
"I have lots of silver; I have lots of gold;
I have lots of costly ware-o;
I'll divide, I'll divide with my jolly ship's crew
If they'll row me that maid on the shore, shore, shore –
If they'll row me that maid on the shore."
After much persuasion they got her on board,
Let the winds blow high, blow low;
They replaced her away in his cabin below;
"Here's adieu to all sorrow and care, care, care –
Here's adieu to all sorrow and care."
They replaced her away in his cabin below,
Let the winds blow high, blow low;
She's so pretty, so sweet, so neat and complete,
She sang Captain and sailors to sleep, sleep, sleep –
She sang Captain and sailors to sleep.
Then she's robbed him of silver, she's robbed him of gold,
She's robbed him of costly ware-o;
And took his broadsword instead of an oar,
And paddled her way to the shore, shore, shore –
And paddled her way to the shore.
"Me men must be crazy, me men must be mad,
Me men must be deep in despair-o;
For to let you away from my cabin so gay,
And to paddle your way to the shore, shore, shore –
And to paddle your way to the shore."
"Oh, your men was not crazy, your men was not mad,
Your men was not deep in despair-o;
I deluded your sailors as well as yourself,
I'm a maiden again on the shore, shore, shore –
I'm a very rich maid on the shore!"
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