Текст песни Misc Traditional - Fair Maid Sailor

When I was a young girl at the age of sixteen
From my home I ran away to go and serve the queen
I listed in the Navy a sailor lad to stand
To hear the canons rattle and the music play so grand
The music play so grand, the music play so grand
To hear the canons rattle and the music play so grand

I dressed myself in trousers and cut my hair of short
Then I went down to the harbor to see the ships in port
The officer who listed me said we need every hand
I think you'll make a sailor, so step this way young man
So step this way young man, so step this way young man
I think you'll make a sailor, so step this way young man

He took me to me bunk mates down where the hammocs sway
And lying by a sailor's side I never was afraid
But taking off my old blue coat I sometimes used to smile
To think my self a sailor and a maiden all the while
A maiden all the while, a maiden all the while
To think myself a sailor and a maiden all the while

They sent me up to London to be gurad o'r the tower
And there I wolud I have been until this very day and hour
But a young girl fell in love with me and found I was a maid
She went straightway to my captain and my secret she betrayed
My secret she betrayed, my secret she betrayed
She went straight way to my captain and my secret she betrayed

My captain he sent for me to see if it were true
And how could I deny the tale that he already knew
Here's a pension of war for you, he smiled and he said
It's a pity we should lose you such a sailor as you made
Such a sailor as you made, such a sailor as you made
It's a pity we should lose you such a sailor as you made

So fare thee well my captain, you have been kind to me
And fare thee well my comrades, you ne'er forgot shall be
And should the British nay fall short of any men,
I'll doff off my hat feathers and I'll run the rigging again
I'll run the rigging again, I'll run the rigging again
I'll doff off my hat and feathers and run the rigging again