I Will Set My Good Ship In Order

歌詞

Oh I will set my ship in order I will sail her on the sea I'll go far over yonder border To see if my love minds on me And he sailed east and he sailed west He sailed far, far seeking land Until he came to his true love's window And he knocked loud and would be in "Oh who is that at my bedroom window? Who knocks so loud and would be in?" "'Tis I, 'tis I, your ain true lover And I am drenched untae my skin So go and go and ask your faither And see if he'll let you marry me If he says no, come back and tell me And it's the last time I'll trouble thee" "My father's in his chamber writing Setting down his merchandise And in his hand he holds a letter And it speaks much in your dispraise My mother's in her chamber sleeping And words of love she will not hear So you may go and court another And whisper softly in her ear" Then she arose, put on her clothing It was to let her true love in But e're she had the door unlockit His ship was sailing on the main "Come back, come back, my ain dear Johnny Come back, come back and marry me" "How can I come back and marry you, love? Our ship is sailing on the sea" The fish may fly, and the seas run dry The rocks may melt doon wi' the sun And the working man may forget his labor Before that my love returns again She's turned herself right roun' about She's flung herself intae the sea Farewell for aye, my ain dear Johnny Ye'll ne'er hae tae come back to me