Polly On the Shore

Come all, you wild, young men

And a warning take by me

Never to lead your single life astray

And into no bad company

As I myself have a-done

It being in the merry month of May

When I was pressed by a sea captain

On board a man-of-war, I was sent

Now we sailed on the ocean so wide

And our bonny, bonny flag, we let fly

Let every man stand true to his guns

For the Lord knows who must die

And our captain was wounded full sore

And so were the rest of his men

Our main mast rigging was scattered on the deck

So that we were obliged to give in

And the decks were all splattered with blood

And so loudly the cannons did roar

And thousands of times, have I wished myself at home

And all along with me Polly on the shore

She's a tall and a slender girl

She's a dark and a roving eye

But here am I, lie a-bleeding on the deck

And for her sweet sake, I shall die

So farewell to me parents and me friends

Fare thee well, my dear Polly too

I never should have crossed on the salt sea so wide

If I had have been ruled by her

And I never should have crossed the salt sea so wide

If I had have been ruled by her