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T:The Green Willow Tree
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
B:The Penguin Book of Canadian Folk Songs.
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w:There was a ship sai-led on the North-ern Sea, And the
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w:name of the ship was the Green Wil-low tree, As she
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w:sailed on the low-lands that lie so low, As she
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w:sailed on the low-lands low.
W:There was a ship sailed on the Northern Sea,
W:And the name of the ship was the Green Willow Tree,
W:As she sailed on the lowlands that lie so low,
W:As she sailed on the lowlands low.
W:
W:We had not sailed but a league or three
W:Till we were overtaken by the Turkish Revelee,
W:As she sailed on the lowlands that lie so low,
W:As she sailed on the lowlands low.
W:
W:Then up spake the cabin boy, saying, 'What will you give me
W:If I sink the ship called the Turkish Revelee?
W:If I sink her in the lowlands that lie so low,
W:If I sink her in the lowlands low.'
W:
W:'I will give you money and I will give you fee,
W:And my only daughter I will marry unto thee,
W:If you sink her in the lowlands that lie so low,
W:If you sink her in the lowlands low.'
W:
W:'Then wrap me up tight in the black bull-skin
W:And throw me overboard, let me sink, die, or swim,
W:For I'll sink her in the lowlands that lie so low,
W:I will sink her in the lowlands low.'
W:
W:So they wrapped him up tight in a black bull-skin
W:And threw him overboard, let him sink, die, or swim,
W:For he'll sink her in the lowlands that lie so low,
W:He will sink her in the lowlands low.
W:
W:So he bent his breast and away swam he,
W:For he soon caught up to the Turkish Revelee,
W:As we sailed her in the lowlands that lie so low,
W:As we sailed her on the lowlands low.
W:
W:He had the instruments just for the use,
W:And he bored four-and-twenty holes in the bottom of her sluice,
W:As she sailed on the lowlands that lie so low,
W:As she sailed on the lowlands low.
W:
W:Some were playing cards and some were playing dice;
W:They were all taken up in Satan's own advice,
W:As he sank her in the lowlands that lie so low,
W:As he sank her in the lowlands low.
W:
W:Some ran with hats and some ran with caps,
W:All for to stop up the salt water gaps,
W:As he sank her in the lowlands that lie so low,
W:As he sank her in the lowlands low.
W:
W:Then he bent to his breast and back swam he,
W:For he soon caught up to the Green Willow Tree,
W:As they sailed on the lowlands that lie so low,
W:As they sailed on the lowlands low.
W:
W:'Now throw me a rope and take me on board,
W:And prove unto me just as good as your word,
W:For I've sank her in the lowlands that lie so low,
W:I have sank her in the lowlands sea.'
W:
W:'I won't throw you a rope nor take you on board,
W:Nor prove unto you just as good as my word,
W:But I will sink you in the lowlands that lie so low,
W:I will sink you in the lowlands low.'
W:
W:'If it wasn't for the love that I had for your men,
W:I would do unto you as I've done to them,
W:And I'd sink you in the lowlands that lie so low,
W:I would sink you in the lowlands low.'