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 can console me

But my jolly sailor bold

His hair it hangs in ringlets, his eyes as black as coal

My happiness attend him wherever he may go

I left my home and family, I'll wander, weep and moan

All for my jolly sailor, until he sails back home

My heart is pierced by Cupid

I disdain all glittering gold

There is nothing can console me

But my jolly sailor bold

Come all you pretty fair maids, whoever you may be

Who love a jolly sailor bold that ploughs the raging sea

While up aloft in storm or gale, from me his absence mourn

And firmly pray, arrive the day, he's never more to roam

My heart is pierced by Cupid

I disdain all glittering gold

There is nothing can console me

But my jolly sailor bold

There is nothing can console me

But my jolly sailor bold