all of you wild young men
An d a warning take by me
Never to lead your single life
astray into no bad company
That I myself have done,
been in the many blunts of men
When I was pressed by a sea captain
And on board a man -of -war I did go
When I was pressed
by a sea captain
And on board a man -of -war I did go
We sailed on the oceans of love
An d our bunny,
bunny flag we let fly
Let every man stand true to his guns
For the Lord knows who must die
Let every man
stand true to his guns,
for the Lord knows who must die
Our captain was wounded for the sword,
so were the best of his men
I made my stricken lay
scattered on the deck
and so we were obliged to give in
I made my stricken lay
scattered on the deck
and so we were obliged to give in
Our decks they were splattered with blood
So loudly the cannons did roar
And many's the time have
I wished meself at home
all along with my holly on the shore.
She's a fair and a tender girl.
She's a dark and a rolling eye.
Here am I, life bleeding on the deck,
and for her sweet sake I shall die.
Here am I, lying bleeding on the deck,
And for her sweet sake I shall die.
Farewell to my parents
and my friends,
Farewell my dear Polly too,
I never should have rambled
the salt sea so wide,
if I had been ruled by you.
I never should have rambled
the salt sea so wide
if I had been ruled by you.
You