Short Jacket and White Trousers (from A.L. Lloyd and Louis Killen):

Short jacket and white trousers this young girl she put on
And like some handsome sailor bold went rambling 'round the town,
And she did engage with our Captain Ross a sailor for to be
All for to seek her own true love across the raging sea.

One night as she sat drowsing, she was ready for her bed
When our captain heaved a sigh and said, "Oh, I wish you were a maid.
With your rosy cheeks and your curly hair you have beguiled me,
And I've often wished with all me heart you could me sweetheart be."

"Oh hold your tongue, dear Captain! Such talk is all in vain,
And if our shipmates came to know, they would make sport and game.
And when that we do reach the shore, some pretty girls we'll find
To ramble along with us bold lads, if we're that way inclined."

It was a few days after we docked in Baltimore
And that maid she appeared in her petticoats, which made our Captain roar.
"Oh, a sailor I have been on board, but a maiden I'm going ashore,
And you missed your chance, dear Captain! Adieu forevermore!"



Also, much more dramatically, the heroine of Fairest Flower of Serving Men.