Just as the Tide was Flowing
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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 sung a roundelay, just as the tide was flowing
Her dress it was as 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'd a lovely brow without a frown, just as the tide was a-flowing
I made a bow and said: "Fair maid, how came you here so early?
My heart for you it is betrayed, for I could love you dearly
I am a sailor come from sea, if you'll accept me 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 we did will ne'er be found, as long as the tide is a-flowing
But as she lay upon the grass, her colours they kept changing
Until she cried out and she said: "Never let your mind be ranging
Here's twenty pounds, have in store
Meet me again, there's plenty more
For my jolly sailor I adore, just as the tide is flowing"
We both shook hands and off we steered, Jack Tar drinks rum and brandy
To keep his shipmates in good cheer, the ladies gold is handy
And along with some other maid I'll go
To a public house where the brandy flow
Success to the maid that will do so, just as the tide is a-flowing