Just as the Tide Was Flowing

One morning in the month of June Down by a rolling river There a jolly sailor chanced to stray There he beheld some lover Her cheeks were red, her eyes were brown Her hair in ringlets hanging down Her lovely brow without a frown Just as the tide was flowing My pretty maid, to her he said How come you here so early My heart by you it is betrayed And I might love you dearly I am a sailor come from sea If you will accept my company For to walk and view the fishes play Just as the tide was flowing No more did stay, but on the way They both did gang together The small birds sing, the lambs did play And pleasant was the weather They being weary both sat down Beneath the trees with the branches 'round And what they said will never be known Just as the tide was flowing Upon the grass she then did roll Her colour it ran changing This pretty maid called out alas Don't let your mind be ranging She gave him twenty pounds in store Saying, meet me when you will there's more For a jolly sailor I adore Just as the tide was flowing So they kissed, shook hands and when they part Jack Tar drank rum and brandy And to keep his shipmates in good cheer The lady's gold came handy Then with some other young girl you'll go To the public bar where the brandy flows Give me the lad that will do so Just as the tide was flowing