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 will 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
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 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
 And my jolly sailor bold
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 My name it is Maria, a merchant's daughter fair
 And I have left my parents and three thousand pounds a year
 Come all you pretty fair maids, whoever you may be
 Who love a jolly sailor that ploughs 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