Down In The Lowlands Low
Now it's I've got a ship in the North Country
Down in the lowlands low ...
And I fear she may be took by the Spanish enemy.
As she sails in the lowlands sea,
As she sails in the lowlands low.
Well it's then up stepped our little cabin boy,
Down in the lowlands low ...
Saying "What will you give me if I do her destroy?
And I sink her in the lowlands sea,
I sink her in the lowlands low."
Well it's "I'll give you silver and likewise gold"
Down in the lowlands low ...
"And my only daughter for to be your bride.
If you sink her in the lowlands sea,
If you sink her in the lowlands low."
"Then wrap me up in me black bear skin"
Down in the lowlands low ...
"And heave me overboard for to sink or to swim!
And I'll sink her in the lowlands sea,
I'll sink her in the lowlands low."
Now some was playing cards and the others playing dice
Down in the lowlands low ...
And the boy he had a auger and he bored two holes at once
And he sank her in the lowlands sea,
He sank her in the lowlands low.
He leaned upon his breast and he swam back again.
Down in the lowlands low ...
Crying, "Captain take me up or I'm sure I will be slain.
And I've sunk her in the lowlands sea,
I've sunk her in the lowlands low."
"I'll not take you up," the captain he cried,
Down in the lowlands low ...
"But I'll shoot you and I'll kill you, and I'll send you with the tide.
And I'll sink you in the lowlands sea,
I'll sink you in the lowlands low."
He leaned upon his breast and swam round the larboard side.
Down in the lowlands low ...
Crying, "Shipmates take me up for I'm sure I will be slain!
And I've sunk her in the lowlands sea,
I've sunk her in the lowlands low."
Now his messmates took him up and upon the deck he died
Down in the lowlands low ...
And we wrapped him up in an old cow's hide
And we sank him in the lowlands sea,
We sank him in the lowlands low.
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