oh well there wouldn`t be a sailor lad a sailin`on the main

to gain the good will of his captain`good name

he came ashore on evening for to be

and that was the beginning of my own true love and me



well I asked her for a candle for tolight me up to bed

and likewise for a handkerchief to tie around me head

she tended to me needs like a young maid ought to be

so then I say to her,