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Oh there was a lofty ship and she sailed on the sea* |
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And the name of that ship it was the Golden Vanity |
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But she feared she would be taken by a Turkish enemy |
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As she sailed on the lowland lowland low |
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She sailed upon the lowland sea |
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Then up steps a cabin boy, just the age of twelve and three |
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And he says to the Skipper what will you give to me |
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If I swim alongside of your Turkish enemy |
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And I sink her in the lowland lowland low |
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I sink her in the lowland sea |
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Oh I will give you silver and I will give you gold |
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And the hand of my daughter if you will be so bold |
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As to swim alongside of the Turkish enemy |
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And to sink her in the lowland lowland low |
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To sink her in the lowland sea |
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Then the boy he made all ready and overboard jumped he |
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And he swam alongside of the Turkish enemy |
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And with his little drilling tool he boared holes three |
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And he sank her in the lowland lowland lowland |
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He sank her in the lowland sea |
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Then the boy he turned around and back again swam he |
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And he hollered for the Skipper to haul him from the sea |
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But the Skipper would not heed, for his daughter he did need |
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And he left him in the lowland lowland lowland |
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He left him in the lowland sea |
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Then the crew they hauled him out, but upon the deck he died |
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And they wrapped him in his blanket so very soft and wide |
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They cast him overboard to drift upon the tide |
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And he sank beneath the lowland lowland low |
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He sank beneath the lowland sea |
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Oh there is a lofty ship and she sails on the sea |
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But she sails without a cabin boy the age of twelve and three |
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and she fears she will be taken by a Turkish enemy |
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As she sails on the lowland lowland low |
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Sails on the lowland sea |
