My Jolly Sailor Bold

Upon one summer's morning, I carelessly did stray Down by the Walls of Wapping, where I met a sailor gay Conversing with a young lass, who seemed to be in pain Saying William, when you go, I fear you'll ne'er return again My heart is pierced by Cupid I disdain all glittering gold There is nothing can console me But my jolly sailor bold His hair it hangs in ringlets, his eyes as black as coal My happiness attend him wherever he may go I left my home and family, I'll wander, weep and moan All for my jolly sailor, until he sails back home My heart is pierced by Cupid I disdain all glittering gold There is nothing can console me But my jolly sailor bold Come all you pretty fair maids, whoever you may be Who love a jolly sailor bold that ploughs the raging sea While up aloft in storm or gale, from me his absence mourn And firmly pray, arrive the day, he's never more to roam My heart is pierced by Cupid I disdain all glittering gold There is nothing can console me But my jolly sailor bold There is nothing can console me But my jolly sailor bold