LOWLANDS OF HOLLAND



The night that I was married

And lay in marriage bed

Up came a bold sea captain

And stood at my bedhead

Saying, "Rise, arise, new wedded man

And come along with me

To the lowlands of Holland

For to face your enemy"



Now Holland is a lovely land

And in it grows fine grain

It is a place of residence

For soldiers to remain

Where the sugar cane is plentiful

And the tea grows on each tree

I never had but the one sweetheart

And he's far away from me

For the stormy winds began to blow

And the seas did loudly roar

And the captain or his gallant ship

Was never seen no more



Says the mother to the daughter

"Leave off your sore lament

There's men enough in Galway

For to be your heart's content"

There's men enough in Galway

But, alas, there's none for me

Since the high winds and rolling seas

Parted my love and me



@war @sailor @love

recorded by Peg Clancy Power

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