A Maid That's Deep in Love - Live

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I am a maid that's deep in love
 But yes I can complain
 I have in this world but one true love
 And Jimmy is his name
 And if I do not find my love
 I'll mourn most constantly
 And I'll find and follow Jimmy thro'
 The lands of liberty
 Then I'll cut off my yellow hair
 Men's clothing I'll wear on
 I'll sign to a bold sea captain
 My passage I'll work free
 And I'll find and follow Jimmy thro'
 The lands of liberty
 One night upon the raging sea
 As we were going to bed
 The captain cried "Farewell my boy,
 I wish you were a maid
 Your rosy cheeks, your ruby lips
 They are enticing me
 And I wish dear God with all my heart
 A maid you were to me"
 "Then hold your tongue, dear captain
 Such talk is all in vain
 And if the sailors find it out
 They'll laugh and make much game
 For when we reach Columbia shore
 Some prettier girls you'll find
 And you'll laugh and sing and court with them
 For courting you are inclined"
 It was no three days after
 Our ship it reached the shore
 "Adieu my loving captain
 Adieu for evermore
 For once I was a sailor on sea
 But now I am a maid on the shore
 So adieu to you and all your crew
 With you I'll sail no more"
 "Come back, come back, my own pretty maid
 Come back and marry me
 I have ten thousand pounds in gold
 And that I'll give to thee
 So come back, come back, my own pretty maid
 Come back and marry me" (:

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Duration
03:57
Key
7
Tempo
175 BPM

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