Thread creep: this reminded me of a totally unrelated broadside sung by Jean Ward on an album with Jon and Mike Raven 'Kate of Coalbrookdale' (Argo ZFB 29)- a delightfully flowery lovesong called 'The Rose of Cashmere', set to the tune of 'The Waters of Tyne'.

By thy footsteps of lightness
That mock the wild deer
I love thee, I love thee
My Rose of Cashmere

As Jon Raven noted, the song might well have been happier in polite society and, in time and style, shared a place with 'The Pirate's Serenade'. Quite lovely all the same.

--Stewie.