Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song A Maid That's Deep In Love , by - Pentangle. Release date: 31.10.1970
Song language: English
A Maid That's Deep In Love |
| I am a maid that’s deep in love |
| But yes I can complain |
| I have in this world but one true love |
| And Jimmy is his name |
| And if I do not find my love |
| I’ll mourn most constantly |
| And I’ll find and follow Jimmy thro' |
| The lands of liberty |
| Then I’ll cut off my yellow hair |
| Men’s clothing I’ll wear on |
| I’ll sign to a bold sea captain |
| My passage I’ll work free |
| And I’ll find and follow Jimmy thro' |
| The lands of liberty |
| One night upon the raging sea |
| As we were going to bed |
| The captain cried «Farewell my boy, |
| I wish you were a maid |
| Your rosy cheeks, your ruby lips |
| They are enticing me |
| And I wish dear God with all my heart |
| A maid you were to me» |
| «Then hold your tongue, dear captain |
| Such talk is all in vain |
| And if the sailors find it out |
| They’ll laugh and make much game |
| For when we reach Columbia shore |
| Some prettier girls you’ll find |
| And you’ll laugh and sing and court with them |
| For courting you are inclined» |
| It was no three days after |
| Our ship it reached the shore |
| «Adieu my loving captain |
| Adieu for evermore |
| For once I was a sailor on sea |
| But now I am a maid on the shore |
| So adieu to you and all your crew |
| With you I’ll sail no more» |
| «Come back, come back, my own pretty maid |
| Come back and marry me |
| I have ten thousand pounds in gold |
| And that I’ll give to thee |
| So come back, come back, my own pretty maid |
| Come back and marry me» (: |