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Thread #76314   Message #1350748
Posted By: Roberto
08-Dec-04 - 04:44 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Frank Proffitt's Lowland Low (#286)
Subject: Lyr Req: Frank Proffitt's Lowland Low (#286)
I miss a couple of words in this version of The Sweet Trinity / The Golden Vanity (F. J. Child number 286). FRANK PROFFITT, LOWLAND LOW, on Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still, The Warner Collection, Volume II. Please, help me. Thanks. Roberto

There was a little ship in South Amerikey
That went by the name of the Golden Willow Tree
As she sailed on the lowland lonesome low
As she sailed on the lowland sea

Up stepped a little man: What will you give me
To sink her in the lowland lonesome sea
To sink her in the lowland lonesome low
To sink her in the lowland sea?

I have houses and I have land
One only daughter that'll be at your command
If you sink her in the lowland lonesome low
If you sink her in the lowland sea

He had a little instrument just for the use
He cut .... salt water juice
And he sank her in the lowland lonesome low
He sank her in the lowland sea