制作
出演艺人
格雷厄姆 · 约翰逊
钢琴
安 · 玛莉
女中音
作曲和作词
Herbert Hughes
编曲
歌词
A young maid stood in her father’s garden,
Plucking roses all cover’d with dew;
A stranger came and gazed upon her
And said, ‘Fair lady, will you wed with me?’
‘It’s seven years since I had a sweetheart,
And seven more since I did him see,
And seven more I’ll wait upon him,
And, if he’s alive he’ll come home to me.’
‘Seven years it is since you had a sweetheart,
And seven more since you did him see;
And seven more you will wait upon him
And perhaps that young man you ne’er will see.’
‘If he is sick I wish him better;
If he is dead … I wish him rest;
But if he’s alive I will wait for him,
For he’s the young man I love the best.’
He put a hand into his pocket,
His sinewy hands they were slim and small,
And up between them he pulled a gold ring,
And when she saw it she down did fall.
He took her up and gave her sweet kisses
And he embraced her so tenderly,
Saying, ‘I am your true and loving sailor
That came from sea for to wed with you.’
Written by: Anonymous, Traditional
