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One morning in the month of June
Down by a rolling river,
There a jolly sailor chanced to stray,
Where he beheld some lover.
Her cheeks were red; her eyes were brown;
Her hair in wrinkles were hanging down;
And her lovely brow without a frown,
Just as the tide was a-flowing.
"My pretty maid", to her he said,
"How come you here so early?
My heart by you it is betrayed
And I might love you dearly.
For I am a sailor come from sea,
If you will accept of my company
For to walk and view the fishes play,
Just as the tide was flowing".
No more did say, but on her way
They both did gang together;
The small birds sang and the lambs did play,
How pleasant was the weather.
And they being weary both sat down
Beneath a tree with the branches around;
And what they said shall never be known
Just as the tide was a-flowing.
And upon the grass she then did roll
And her colour it kept changing.
And this pretty maid called out, "Alas!
Don’t let your mind be ranging".
And she gave him twenty pounds in store,
Saying, "Meet me when you will, there's more.
For a jolly sailor I adore
Just as the tide was flowing".
So they kissed, shook hands and then did part;
Jackie Tar drank rum and brandy.
"And to keep my shipmates in good cheer
The lady's gold came handy.
And with some other young girl you’ll go
To the public bar where the brandy flow.
Give me the lad that will do so
Just as the tide was a-flowing".
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