Transcription
Marriage Bed
When I was of marriage age
Laid on a marriage bed
There came a noble press gang
And stood at my bed head,
Saying, “Arise! O arise! you new married man
And go along with me
To the lowlands of Holland
To fight your enemy.”
My wife she cast her arms around
Me thinking I could stay
I said to her, “My dearest dear,
This night I must away
“Away, away,” said he, “where the roaring
Roaring billows roar,
But if e’er I return again
I’ll spend my life on shore”
“No shoes or socks on my feet
No red rose in my hair
No firelight or no candle bright
Shall show my beauty fair,
“No never will our marriage be
No never till I die
Since the lowlands of Holland
Has parted my love and I.”
“O daughter! daughter!” mother says,
“Why do you so lament,
Ain’t there men enough in our town
To give you heart’s content?”
“If there’s men enough in our town
There’s none enough for me,
Since the lowlands of Holland
Has parted my love and me.
“O mother, Mother, don’t you see,
That ship a sailing down the other side
Its enough to break a fair maids heart
Or lose a good man’s bride.
“That little maid, a bride,” said she,
“Most glorious to behold
May the Gods above protect my love
A glorious sailor bold.”
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