The Merry Golden Tree - Jean Ritchie

There was a little ship and she sailed upon the sea

And she went by the name of The Merry Golden Tree

As she sailed upon the low and the lonesome low

As she sailed upon the lonesome sea

There was another ship and she sailed upon the sea

And she went by the name of The Turkish Robbery

As she sailed upon the low and the lonesome low

As she sailed upon the lonesome sea

There was a little cabin boy upon the Golden Tree

Said — Captain, oh Captain, what will you give to me

If I sink then in the low and the lonesome low

If I sink them in the lonesome sea?

Oh a half of my ship shall be made unto thee

And my youngest daughter shall be wed unto thee

If you sink them in the low and the lonesome low

If you sink them in the lonesome sea

He bowed upon his breast and away swum he

Till he come to the ship called The Turkish Robbery

Gonna sink you in the low and the lonesome low

Gonna sink you in the lonesome sea

Then out of his pocket an instrument he drew

And he bored nine holes for to let that water through

For to sink them in the low and the lonesome low

For to sink them in the lonesome sea