The Maid on the Shore

There is a young maid and she lives on the shore
She lives on the shore all alone, oh
And nothing she could find could comfort her mind
Than to roam all alone on the shore, oh shore
Than to roam all alone on the shore

There is a young captain who sails this old sea
Let the wind blow high, blow low, oh
I will die, I will die, the young captain did cry
If I can't have that maid on the shore, oh shore
If I can't have that maid on the shore

Well I have lots of silver, I have lots of gold
I have lots of costly wear, oh
I'll divide, I'll divide with my lonely ship's crew
If they'll row me that maid on the shore, oh shore
If they'll row me that maid on the shore

After much persuasion they got her on board
Let the wind blow high, blow low, oh
The replaced her away in the cabin below
There's an end to all sorrow and care, oh care
There's an end to all sorrow and care

They replaced her away in the cabin below
Let the wind blow high, blow low, oh
So pretty and sweet, so neat and complete
She sang captain and sailors to sleep, to sleep
She sang captain and sailors to sleep

Then she robbed them of silver, she robbed them of gold
She robbed them of costly wear, oh
She took his broadsword instead of an oar
And she paddled her way back to shore, oh shore
And she paddled her way back to shore

Oh me man must be crazy, me man must be mad
Me man must be in deep despair, oh
What to let you away from thy cabin so gay
And to paddle you back to the shore, oh shore
And to paddle you back to the shore

Your man was not crazy, your man was not mad
Your man was not in deep despair, oh
I deceived all your sailors as well as yourself
And I'm still the maid on the shore, oh shore
Yes I'm still the maid on the shore.