11606 aa 23 (12) 4 NI Licensed and entered according to order Fair Isabel's Garland Containing Several Excellent New Songs
1 The Sailor's Love to Fair Isabel
2 Rat tat too!
3 Still from Care and thinking free.
4 The Caledonian Maid
1
Come all young Lovers unto me give ear,
Here is a strange Story as ever you did hear,
Concerning a young lass that was taken awa',
On an intent to be a wife in Caledonia.
2
Oh! my dearest deary, I must awa',
Oh! my dearest deary, I must awa',
Oh! my dearest Deary, I must awa',
A Commission to the pretty Caledonia.
3
Oh! my dearest deary, will you break my heart,
Oh! my dearest deary, will you break my heart;
For you are all the comfort that I have here awa',
Since you came from the pretty Caledonia.
4
Now these two lovers sat down to make their moan,
Then came by a troop of their own countrymen;
Who said, rise up lovers and come awa',
For you must travel to the pretty Caledonia.
5
Oh! says the captain, I know what you mean,
For your Scots Lassies spoil all our Englishmen,
There is no Scots Lassie that's bound by the law,
That can travel to the pretty Caledonia.
6
Oh! said the Lassie, I am willing for to pay,
My fraught over sea, if you will take me awa'
Oh! ye shall have the money before you go awa',
If you will take me safe to arrive at Caledonia.
7
Oh! said the deceiver, the money we will have,
And when we are over, we'll sell her for a slave;
We will take her little penny, though it be but sma',
And we will sell her for a slave in Caledonia.
8
Oh! said the captain, that will never do,
They will kill us every man, if they do know,
They will kill us every man, if they do know,
That ever we sold a slave in Caledonia.
9
But the young lassie she did not perceive,
That her own lover would her so deceive;
But thought he would marry her in taking her awa',
But yet he had a wife in Caledonia.

10
She said to the captain, make me a sailor bound,
I'll travel with thee the nations all round;
I'll be content with my portion, although it be but sma',
If you'll carry me safe to arrive at Caledonia.
11
Oh! said the captain, what will you do,
When you go along with the jolly ship's crew,
When the seas they do beat, and the winds they do blow
And you cannot get a sight of Caledonia.
12
Then they sailed east and they sailed west,
They sailed to many strange place at the last;
Where the seas they did beat, and the winds they did blow,
And they could not get a sight of Caledonia.
13
Then upon a night the captain did dream,
There came a voice to him, which call him by name,
Saying, marry the lass that you brought away,
Or she'll never get a sight of Caledonia.
14
Up in the morning the captain arose,
And straightway unto the lover he goes;
Saying, where is the lassie that you brought awa',
For I've dream'd that she was in Caledonia.
15
Oh! said the deceiver, I've bound her hand and foot,
And I have intended to throw her in the deep;
For I have a sweet wife and that you do know,
And she lives a pretty life in Caledonia.
16
Oh! then the Captain's heart was fill'd with woe
And straight unto the young lassie he did go;
Saying, what is the matter they treated you so,
When you paid your fraught to pretty Caledonia.
17
The lassie she sigh'd and said, Oh! wo's me,
That ever I was born such a death for to die;
Or if I have offended, 'tis more than I know,
Which makes me lament Caledonia.
18
Oh! woe be to that lover of mine,
Who promised to me, he'd be loving and kind;
But instead of being a friend, proves my mortal foe
Which causes me to lament Caledonia.
19
Oh! says the captain, If you take in hand,
For to serve me when you come to land,
I'll preserve you your life, and no man shall know,
And you'll have a pretty life in Caledonia.



20
Now when they had sail'd Leagues but only three,
Then the deceiver vow'd revenge for to be,
Upon the same Captain he'd work meikle woe,
He should never get a sight of Caledonia.
21
The sailor unto the Captain did go,
Saying, take care of the deceiver, and give him a blow,
Take care of the deceiver, and give him a blow,
Or you'll never get a sight of Caledonia.
22
The captain he vowed reveng'd for to be,
He took him in his arms, and he threw him in the sea.
Take a cup of cold water, although it be but sma',
And ye may drink the lassie's health in Caledonia.
23
Now when they had sailed a very short space,
They came in sight of that beautiful place,
Where the seas did not beat, nor the winds did not blow,
Now they are all safe arriv'd at Caledonia.
24
She had not been there above one Quarter of a year,
When she appeared both charming and fair;
She obtained the favour of all that did her know,
And now she lives a pretty life in Caledonia.
25
According to the promise the captain did make,
For a wife unto himself he did her take;
In silks and in sattins he made her to go,
And now she's a captain's wife in Caledonia.
26
Likewise you lovers a warning may take,
Never heed the promise deceivers may make
In flattering you so, they steal your hearts awa',
Take a warning by the Lassie of Caledonia.

(Among garlands printed at Alnwick 1792-3)