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The Old Virginia Lowlands

Brass Monkey
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Once there was a skipper, he was boasting on the quay Saying, "I have a ship, and a gallant ship is she Oh I have a ship, and a gallant ship is she Of all the ships that I do know she's far the best to me" In the Old Virginia Lowlands Lowlands, low In the Old Virginia Lowlands, low "Oh I had her built in the northern country And I had her christened the Golden Vanity I had her christened the Golden Vanity I armed her and I manned her and I sent her off to sea" In the Old Virginia Lowlands Lowlands, low In the Old Virginia Lowlands, low Then up spoke a sailor who had just returned from sea "Oh I served on board of the Golden Vanity Oh I served on board of the Golden Vanity When she was held in chase by a Spanish Pirateรฉ" In the Old Virginia Lowlands Lowlands, low In the Old Virginia Lowlands, low And we had on board with us a little cabin boy Who said, "What will you give me if the galleon I destroy? Oh what will you give me if the galleon I destroy?" "Oh you shall have my daughter, she is my pride and joy "If you sink 'em in the Lowlands Lowlands, low In the Old Virginia Lowlands, low" So the boy bared his breast and he plunged into the tide And he swam and he swam to the rascal pirate's side He swam and he swam to the rascal pirate's side And he climbed on deck and he went below and none did him espy And he sank 'em in the Lowlands Lowlands, low In the Old Virginia Lowlands, low He bored with his auger, he bored it once and twice And some were playing cards and some were playing dice And the water it flowed in, and it dazzled their eyes The water it flowed out, and took with it their lives And he sank 'em in the Lowlands Lowlands, low In the Old Virginia Lowlands, low And he swam and he swam up to the starboard side Saying, "Captain, take me up, I am drifting with the tide Oh captain, take me up!" But so loud the captain cried "I shall sink you, I shall kill you! You shall not have your bride "I shall sink you in the Lowlands Lowlands, low In the Old Virginia Lowlands, low" His shipmates took him up and on the deck he died They sewed him in his hammock, which was so long and wide They sewed him in his hammock, it was so long and wide They prayed for him, they sang for him, they sank him with the tide In the Old Virginia Lowlands Lowlands, low In the Old Virginia Lowlands, low My curse be on you, Captain, wherever you may be My curse be on the captain of the Golden Vanity In waking and in sleeping, until your dying day For you gave your oath to him, and you did him betray In the Old Virginia Lowlands Lowlands, low In the Old Virginia Lowlands, low In the Old Virginia Lowlands Lowlands, low In the Old Virginia Lowlands, low