Ah, my composite is all English, being a mixture of Clements, Selby, Bone, Cranstone, Mogg, Grubb, Harrington, Spearing, Welsh, Russell and Way, so quite different.

It's of a sea captain lived near the sea-side-o
He courted a damsel and got her with child-o.

Go fetch your father's gold likewise your mother's money,
And you shall sail the ocean and I'll make you my honey.

She's fetched her father's gold likewise her mother's money,
To sail upon the ocean along with her Johnny.

They had not been a-sailing scarce six weeks or many,
Before she wanted woman's help but could not get any.

Oh, hold your tongue, you silly girl, oh hold your tongue, my honey,
We cannot get women's help for love nor for money.

They had not been sailing scarce miles very many,
Before she was delivered of a beautiful baby.

O fetch me a napkin and bind my head easy,
And throw me overboard, both me and my baby.

He fetched her a napkin and bound her head easy,
And threw her overboard, both her and her baby.

See how she swims, boys, see how she labour,
She will not stop swimming till she comes to some harbour.

Sea captain, sea captain, here's fifty pounds for thee,
If you'll fetch my love back again, both she and her baby.

Oh no, cried the captain, that never can be,
We'd better to lose two lives, than we had to lose many.

She shall have a coffin of the gold that shines yellow,
And she shall be buried on the banks of green willow.

Oh, toll the bell for her, toll it soft and easy,
For this poor girl is dead and gone who I lov'd so dearly.