Book of Song

Saucy Sailor

by trad

intro
[walk down D, C, C/B, A/D, A]

[male]
Come me [A] own one, come me fair one,
Come now unto me,
Could you [Dm] fancy a poor [A] sailor lad,
Who has just come [G] from [D] sea? [G]

[female]
You are ragged love, you are dirty love,
And your clothes smell much of tar,
So begone you saucy sailor lad,
So begone you Jack Tar.

[male]
If I am ragged love, and I am dirty love,
And my clothes smell much of tar,
I have silver in my pocket love,
And gold in great store.

[female]
And when she heard him say that,
On her bended knee she fell,
I will marry my dear Henry
For I love a sailor lad so well.

[male]
Do you think that I am foolish love,
Do you think that I am mad?
For to wed with a poor country girl,
When a fortune's to be had.

I will cross the briny ocean,
I will whistle and sing,
And since you have refused the offer, love,
Some other girl shall wear the ring.

I am frolicsome, I am easy,
Good tempered and free,
And I don't give a single pin my boys,
What the world thinks of me.

[female]
intro and end with first two lines of first verse