My Jolly Sailor Bold

Upon one summer's morning
 I carefully did stray
 Down by the walls of wapping
 Where I met a sailor gay
 Conversing with a young lass
 Who seemed to be in pain
 Saying, William, when you go
 I fear you'll never return again
 My heart is pierced by Cupid
 I disdain all glittering gold
 There is nothing can console me
 But my jolly sailor bold
 His hair it hangs in ringlets
 His eyes as black as coal
 My happiness attend him
 Wherever he may go
 From Tower Hill to Blackwall
 I'll wander, weep and moan
 All for my jolly sailor
 Until he sails home
 My heart is pierced by Cupid
 I disdain all glittering gold
 There is nothing can console me
 But my jolly sailor bold
 My father is a merchant
 The truth I now will tell
 And in great London City
 In opulence doth dwell
 His fortune doth exceed
 300,000 gold
 And he frowns upon his daughter
 Who loves a sailor bold
 A fig for his riches
 His merchandise and gold
 True love has grafted my heart
 Give me my sailor bold
 My heart is pierced by Cupid
 I disdain all the glittering gold
 There is nothing can console me
 But my jolly sailor bold
 Should he return in poverty
 From over the ocean far
 To my tender bosom
 I'll press my jolly tar
 My sailor is as smiling
 As the pleasant month of May
 And often we have wandered
 Through Ratcliffe Highway
 Many a pretty blooming
 Young girl we did behold
 Reclining on the bosom
 Of her jolly sailor bold
 My heart is pierced by Cupid
 I disdain all glittering gold
 There is nothing can console me
 But my jolly sailor bold
 My name it is Maria
 A merchant's daughter fair
 And I have left my parents
 And 3000 pounds a year
 Come all you pretty fair maids
 Whoever you maybe
 Who love a jolly sailor
 That plows the raging sea
 While up aloft in storm
 From me his absence mourn
 And firmly pray arrive the day
 He's never more to roam
 My heart is pierced by Cupid
 I disdain all glittering gold
 There is nothing can console me
 But my jolly sailor bold
 My heart is pierced by Cupid
 I disdain all glittering gold
 There is nothing can console me
 But my jolly sailor bold