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Posted By: Folkie Frank
19-Oct-20 - 04:33 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Need Lyrics For 'The Cabin Boy'
Subject: Lyr Req: Need Lyrics For 'The Cabin Boy'
I need some help with lyrics, please. The song is The Cabin Boy by The Furrow Collective It is based on this song The Little Cabin Boy , but the lyrics differ somewhat. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you. They seem to throw in the occasional Scottish dialect word. This is what I've managed to transcribe: [Verse] It's of a lady gay And a lady fair and bright She’s fallen in love with a little cabin boy And slighted Lord and Knight [Verse] “Will you tarry on shore with me, my boy Will you tarry on shore with me__?” “??? ??? ??? My mind is by the sea” [Verse] “Gin your love for me is great Mine is greater still But ye mon tae the captain gae And spiel for his goodwill” [Verse] So, she’s to the captain gae “Grant me my Will, said she Gie to me your little cabin boy To tarry on shore with me” [Verse] “And you a lady gay And you ask me for a boy Better it be some Lord or Knight Your sweet body to enjoy” [Instrumental] [Verse] So, she’s to her true love gane “Oh, ??? ???”, said she “The nearest and dearest of lovers we mon part And sae mon you and I” [Verse] Young Billy is on the sea And the waves tossed to-and-fro Crying like a little sea bird From east to west to go home [Verse] But they ??? ??? on the sea ??? ??? ‘Til the gallant ship and her men were lost And the galley were never seen more [Verse] It was in her garden green On green and grassy ground Early when her father he arose This lady’s body he found [Verse] Six maids dressed all in black And six dressed all in green Her ??? ??? For she died for her cabin boy sae young