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The
Bold Privateer
(1)
It's oh! my dearest
Polly, You and I must part
I am
going across the seas my love, I give to you my heart.
My
ship she lies in waiting, so fare thee well my dear,
I am
just a going on board, of the Bold Privateer.
1(2)
But oh! my dearest Johnny great dangers have
been crossed,
And many a sweet life by the seas has been
lost;
You had better stop at home with a girl that loves
you dear,
Than to venture your life on the Bold
Privateer.
(3)
When the wars are over, may
Heaven spare my life,
Then soon I will come back to my sweet
loving wife.
Then soon I will get married to charming
Polly dear,
And for ever bid
adieu to the Bold Privateer.
(3)
O my
dearest Polly, your friends do me dislike
Besides you have two brothers who'd quickly take my life.
Come change your ring with me my dear, come change your ring with
me,
And that shall be our token when I am on the sea.
2
Notes
1
Audio Recording of the Bold
Privateer:
http://sounds.bl.uk/World-and-traditional-music/Bob-and-Jacqueline-Patten-Collection/025M-C1033X0194XX-1100V0
2
Similar Songs: Some versions of this ballad
resemble the song "Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy". Some argue that they are part of
the same song. See:
http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/LO32.html
