Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song The Merry Golden Tree , by - Jean Ritchie. Release date: 12.09.2017
Song language: English
The Merry Golden Tree |
| There was a little ship and she sailed upon the sea |
| And she went by the name of The Merry Golden Tree |
| As she sailed upon the low and the lonesome low |
| As she sailed upon the lonesome sea |
| There was another ship and she sailed upon the sea |
| And she went by the name of The Turkish Robbery |
| As she sailed upon the low and the lonesome low |
| As she sailed upon the lonesome sea |
| There was a little cabin boy upon the Golden Tree |
| Said — Captain, oh Captain, what will you give to me |
| If I sink then in the low and the lonesome low |
| If I sink them in the lonesome sea? |
| Oh a half of my ship shall be made unto thee |
| And my youngest daughter shall be wed unto thee |
| If you sink them in the low and the lonesome low |
| If you sink them in the lonesome sea |
| He bowed upon his breast and away swum he |
| Till he come to the ship called The Turkish Robbery |
| Gonna sink you in the low and the lonesome low |
| Gonna sink you in the lonesome sea |
| Then out of his pocket an instrument he drew |
| And he bored nine holes for to let that water through |
| For to sink them in the low and the lonesome low |
| For to sink them in the lonesome sea |