JUST AS THE TIDE WAS FLOWING

One morning in the month of May
Down by a rolling river
A jolly sailor I did stray
When I beheld some lover
So carelessly along did stray
A picking of the daisies gay
So sweet she sang a roundelay
Just as the tide was flowing

Oh her dress it was a white as milk
And her jewels did adorn her
Her shoes were made of the crimson silk
Just like some lady of honour
Her cheeks were red her eyes were brown
Her hair in ringlets hanging down
She's a lovely brow without a frown
Just as the tide was flowing

I made a bow and said - fair maid
How come you here so early
My heart by you it is betrayed
For I could love you dearly
I am a sailor home from sea
If you will accept of my company
To walk and view the fishes play
Just as the tide is a-flowing

No more we said but on the way
We ganged along together
The small birds sang and the lambs did play
And pleasant was the weather
When we were weary we both sat down
Beneath a tree with the branches round
And what was done shall never be found
As long as the tide was flowing

But as she lay upon the grass
Her colours they kept changing
Till she cried out and said - Alas
Never let your mind be ranging
Here is twenty pounds I have in store
Meet me when you will there's plenty more
For my jolly sailor I adore
Just as the tide is a-flowing

We both shook hands and off we steer
Jack Tar drinks rum and brandy
To keep his shipmates in good cheer
The lady's gold is handy
And along with some other pretty maid I will go
To a public house where the brandy do flow
Sucess to the maid that will do so
Just as the tide is a-flowing

ABC Tune as follows

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T:Just as the Tide Was Flowing
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Expermental Area

We both shook hands and off we steer
Jack Tar drinks rum and brandy
To keep his shipmates in good cheer
The lady's gold is handy
And along with some other pretty maid I will go
To a public house where the brandy do flow
Sucess to the maid that will do so
Just as the tide is a-flowing

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