How about the version below from Hampshire (appears in one of Purslow's books of the Gardiner collection) This version I learnt from Dave Williams and he recordeed it on Folk Songs from Hampshire - just reissued on CD (With additional new tracks) by Forest Tracks Records see - www.forest-tracks.co.uk Tim R. THE LOWLANDS OF HOLLAND (William Bone, Medstead, Hants – Child 92) As I walked out one May morning down by a riverside Twas there I spied a fair pretty maid oh then to be my bride Oh then to be my bride my boys the chambers to behold May the heavens above protect my love a jolly seaman bold. I'll build my love a gallant ship a ship of noble fame With a 100 & 70 sailorlads all for to box the main With a 100 & 70 sailorlads without any fear or doubt With my true love in that gallant ship I was sadly tossed about. The anchor & the cable went overboard straightway The mainmast & the rigging lay buried in the sea Twas tempest & bad weather & the raging of the sea I never never had but one true love and he was drowned at sea. Said the father to his daughter what makes you so lament There is a lad in our town that can give your hearts content There is not a lad in our town Neither lord nor duke said she Since the raging sea & stormy winds parted my love from me. No handkerchief shall bind my head, no comb go thru my hair No candlelight or fire bright shall view my beauty fair And neither shall I married be until the day I die Since the low lowlands of Holland parted my love and I.
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