My Jolly Sailor Bold Lyrics

Upon one summer's morning
I carelessly 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 ne'er return again"

My heart is pierced by Cupid
I disdain all glittering gold
There is nothing that can console me
But my jolly sailor *bold*

His hair, it hangs in ringlets, his eyes as black as coal
May 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 that can console me
But my jolly sailor *bold*

My father was a merchant, the truth I now will tell
And in great London city
In opulence doth dwell
His fortune doth exceed three hundred thousand callings of gold
And he frowns upon his dauther 'cause she'll house a *sailor bold*

My heart is pierced by Cupid
I disdain all glittering gold
There is nothing that 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 three thousand pounds a year
While up aloft in storm, from me his absence mourn
And firmly pray arrive the day he safely will return

Come all you pretty, fair maids
Whoever you may be
Who love a jolly sailor bold
That plows the raging sea

My heart is pierced by Cupid
I disdain all glittering gold
There is nothing that can console me
But my jolly sailor *bold*