This is a little bit different from what Allan C. got from Chris Kane's Songs of Newfoundland and posted. Kane's version seems to be a little juxtaposed here and there.

SEVEN YEARS I LOVED A SAILOR (B)

1. A maiden standing by her window,
A brisk young sailor she chanced to see;
He stepped up to her as if he knew her,
Saying, "Young girl, will you fancy me?"

2. "Fancy you, sir, a man of honor,
A man of honor you seem to be;
To fancy you and to love another,
Your waiting maid sir I never will be.

3. "Seven years I've loved a sailor,
Seven years he's gone to sea,
Seven more I'll wait upon him,
Till he returns to marry me."

4. "Foolish maiden, oh how foolish,
To wait so long on any man;
Perhaps he's dead or perhaps he's married,
Or perhaps he's sick in some far off land."

5. "If he's sick I'll wish him better,
If he's married I'll wish him joy;
And if he's dead I'll wish him heaven,
For he was once my brave sailor boy."

6. "Seven years you have been loyal,
Seven years you have been true.
He put his hand in his waistcoat pocket,
Saying, "Here is the ring, love, I took from you.

7. "Seven years you have been loyal,
Seven years you have been true;
Seven more you'll wait no longer,
For I've come back to marry you."


Source: Peacock, Songs of the Newfoundland Outports