003 - A-Rovin’ (B) - (WITH PRESENTATION)

Anderson, the Scottish carpenter already mentioned, said that in his ship - one of Vickers' big four-masters from Liverpool - the usual method of singing this shanty was as follows.
Note the omission of the refrain "Mark well what I do say!"

Due to my research, I discover a big mismatch of speed on how the shanties are sung in nova days. So the first question is what type of pump has been used when sailors sang this song, Stan Hugill talks about "Downton" pump, so I did research everywhere to find the movie showing sailors at work, and it was the only one which looks sensible to me is the movie you can find on YouTube the title "Traditional bilge pump worked on James Craig tall ship". This will be a template to me when I will sing all "Downton" Shanties such as "Lowlands" family, "Strike The Bell" and so on.
Last Clarification, the "Downton" pump is a bilge pump. Downton is the name of the inventor of the pump of that type. The important distinction is the method of operation, not whether or not the pump is exactly the same as Downton's invention. The method is to turn a wheel. This can be distinguished from previous methods of operation, including the type of pump that has "hand brakes" on each side of the pump. Hugill is making reference to this when he says "old-fashioned levers" (1961, pf. 45).
Conclude this version will be sung in exact as possible (probably forgotten decades ago), tempo and way of singing pump shanty.


A-ROVIN' (B)
(alternate titles: Amsterdam or The Maid of Amsterdam)

                *1*
In Amsterdam there lived a maid
And she was mistress of her trade
       We'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid

       A-rovin', a-rovin', since rovin's bin me ru-i-in
       We'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid

                *2*
One night I crept from my abode
To meet this fair maid down the road.
       We'll go no more a-rovin' with you, fair maid.

       A-rov-in', a-rovin', Since rovin's bin me ru-i-in,
       We'll go no more a-rovin', With you, fair maid.

               *3*
I met this fair maid after dark,
An' took her to her favourite park.

               *4*
I took this fair maid for a walk,
An' we had such a lovin' talk.

               *5*
I put me arm around her waist,
Sez she, 'Young man, yer in great haste!'

               *6*
I put me hand upon her knee,
Sez she, 'Young man, yer rather free!'

               *7*
I put me hand upon her thigh,
Sez she, 'Young man, yer rather high!'

               *8*
I towed her to the Maiden's Breast,
From south the wind veered wes'sou'west [sou'sou'west].

               *9*
An' the eyes in her head turned east an' west,
And her thoughts wuz as deep as an ol' sea-chest.

             *10*
We had a drink—of grub a snatch,
We sent two bottles down the hatch.

             *11*
Her dainty arms wuz white as milk,
Her lovely hair wus soft as silk.

             *12*
Her heart wuz poundin' like a drum,
Her lips wuz red as any plum.

             *13*
We laid down on a grassy patch,
An' I felt such a ruddy ass.

             *14*
She pushed me over on me back,
She laughed so hard her lips did crack.

             *15*
She swore that she'd be true to me,
But spent me pay-day fast and free.

             *16*
In three weeks' time I wuz badly bent,
Then off to sea I sadly went.