A Maid That's Deep In Love

I am a maid that's deep in love

But yes I can complain

I have in this world but one true love

And Jimmy is his name

And if I do not find my love

I'll mourn most constantly

And I'll find and follow Jimmy thro'

The lands of liberty

Then I'll cut off my yellow hair

Men's clothing I'll wear on

I'll sign to a bold sea captain

My passage I'll work free

And I'll find and follow Jimmy thro'

The lands of liberty

One night upon the raging sea

As we were going to bed

The captain cried "Farewell my boy,

I wish you were a maid

Your rosy cheeks, your ruby lips

They are enticing me

And I wish dear God with all my heart

A maid you were to me''

"Then hold your tongue, dear captain

Such talk is all in vain

And if the sailors find it out

They'll laugh and make much game

For when we reach Columbia shore

Some prettier girls you'll find

And you'll laugh and sing and court with them

For courting you are inclined"

It was no three days after

Our ship it reached the shore

"Adieu my loving captain

Adieu for evermore

For once I was a sailor on sea

But now I am a maid on shore

So adieu to you and all your crew

With you I'll sail no more''

"Come back, come back, my own pretty maid

Come back and marry me

I have ten thousand pounds in gold

And that I'll give to thee

So come back, come back, my own pretty maid

Come back and marry me''