The Golden Vanity

Oh there is a lofty ship and she sails upon the sea

And the name of the ship is the Golden Vanity

And she fears she will be taken by the Turkish enemy

As she sails upon the lowlands, lowlands, lowlands

Sails upon the lowland sea

Spoke the cabin boy just the age of 12 and 3

And he said to his captain, “What would you give to me,

If I swam alongside of the Turkish enemy

And I sank her in the lowlands, lowlands, lowlands

Sank her in the lowland sea?”

“Oh I would give you silver and I would give you gold

And the hand of my daughter if you would be so bold

As to swim alongside of the Turkish enemy

And to sink her in the lowlands, lowlands, lowlands

Sink her in the lowland sea.”

So the cabin boy made ready and overboard jumped he

And he swam alongside of the Turkish enemy

And with his little brace and bit he bored holes three

And he sank her in the lowlands, lowlands, lowlands

Sank her in the lowland sea

Then the boy turned around and back again swam he

And he hollered to the captain to haul him from the sea

But the captain did not heed, for his daughter he did need

And he left him in the lowlands, lowlands, lowlands

Left him in the lowland sea

Now there is a lofty ship and she sails upon the sea

But she sails without her cabin boy the age of 12 and 3

And she fears she will be taken by a Turkish Galilee

As she sails upon the lowlands, lowlands, lowlands

Sails upon the lowland sea