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Thread #68735 Message #1166193
Posted By: Noreen
20-Apr-04 - 11:37 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: duncan williamson's golden vanity
Subject: Lyr Add: GOLDEN VANITY (from Duncan Williamson)
The following is what I hear from the recording Roberto sent me:
O I have a ship that sails on the sea And she goes by the name of the Golden Vanity But I'll doubt she'll by sunk by a Spanish Galee As I sail round the lowlands low, low As I sail round the lowlands low
Then up and spoke a cabin boy A well-spoke lad was he Saying – Captain, O captain, O what would you gi'e If the Spanish Gallee would trouble you no more As you sail round the lowlands low, low As you sail round the lowlands low?
O guid gold I would give and silver in store And my pretty little daughter who waits on the shore If the Spanish Gallee would trouble me no more As I sail round the lowlands low, low As I sail round the lowlands low
O straight away the cabin boy bared his breast and dived in He held in his hand an auger sharp and thin He held in his hand an auger sharp and thin He went swimming in the lowlands low, low He went swimming in the lowlands low
Then he bored and he bored, he bored once or twice For some was playing cards and some was playing dice And the water it rushed in and dazzled till their eyes And he sank 'em in the lowlands low, low And he sank them in the lowlands low
Then he swam and he swam, crying – Captain, take me in I am drowning in the lowlands low
O throw me a rope, a rope - cried he A rope, O, a rope, you will never get from me For you sunk the Dargirl, the Turk of Admiry Now she's lying in the lowlands low, low Now she's lying in the lowlands low
So he swam around the starboard side, saying – Messmates, take me in They throwed him a rope and his messmates took him in And they wrapped him up in an old cow skin And they sank him in the lowlands low, low They sank him in the lowlands low
In The Turkish Reverie , Malcolm Douglas lists many names of the doomed ship, and links to many versions of this song.