Lyrics
Until i a sailor lad came sailing o er the sea, in me own country, until i a sailor lad came sailing o er the sea
Last night i may have left you with a daughter or a son, and if you have a male child well call him after me and when he is a man you can dress him up in blue
in me own country
he hugged her and he kissed her and he called her his dear
Take this me dear for the mischief that i ve done, and it s home boys, he hugged her and he kissed her and he called her his dear
take this me dear for the mischief that i ve done
Where the oak and the ash and the bonny elm tree, where the oak and the ash and the bonny elm tree Home, and it s home boys
Home for a while, for once i met a sailor lad and he beguiled me and he left me with a pair of twins to dandle on me knee, and if you have a male child well call him after me and when he is a man you can dress him up in blue
And if you have a girl child then dance her on your knee, and if you have a male child well call him after me and when he is a man you can dress him up in blue, home i d like to be
And if you have a male child well call him after me and when he is a man you can dress him up in blue, a warning take by me and never let a sailor lad an inch above your knee, and into her apron he put handfuls of gold
The maid being innocent she thought it was no harm, the maid being innocent she thought it was no harm
The maid being innocent she thought it was no harm, and if you have a male child well call him after me and when he is a man you can dress him up in blue, so come on all ye lassies
and if you have a male child well call him after me and when he is a man you can dress him up in blue
Home i d like to be, are all a-growin green in me own country Home, in me own country
And he ll go skipping up the rigging like his daddy used to do, there was an apprentice lived in strawberry lane The, a warning take by me and never let a sailor lad an inch above your knee
And he ll go skipping up the rigging like his daddy used to do, and that was the beginnin of her misery
take this me dear for the mischief that i ve done
a warning take by me and never let a sailor lad an inch above your knee
and he ll go skipping up the rigging like his daddy used to do
until i a sailor lad came sailing o er the sea
for once i met a sailor lad and he beguiled me and he left me with a pair of twins to dandle on me knee
And if you have a male child well call him after me and when he is a man you can dress him up in blue, take this me dear for the mischief that i ve done
Home i d like to be, where the oak and the ash and the bonny elm tree
And he ll go skipping up the rigging like his daddy used to do, and that was the beginnin of her misery
there was an apprentice lived in strawberry lane
And that was the beginnin of her misery, twas early next morning the sailor lad arose
For once i met a sailor lad and he beguiled me and he left me with a pair of twins to dandle on me knee, and if you have a girl child then dance her on your knee Pants, for once i met a sailor lad and he beguiled me and he left me with a pair of twins to dandle on me knee
and if you have a male child well call him after me and when he is a man you can dress him up in blue
And it s home boys, and if you have a male child well call him after me and when he is a man you can dress him up in blue
Twas early next morning the sailor lad arose, i wish me love this night it was as long as a year Home, he hugged her and he kissed her and he called her his dear
take this me dear for the mischief that i ve done
And into her apron he put handfuls of gold, twas early next morning the sailor lad arose Boys, where the oak and the ash and the bonny elm tree
And he ll go skipping up the rigging like his daddy used to do, and into her apron he put handfuls of gold
i wish me love this night it was as long as a year
In me own country, there was an apprentice lived in strawberry lane
last night i may have left you with a daughter or a son
And he ll go skipping up the rigging like his daddy used to do, and if you have a male child well call him after me and when he is a man you can dress him up in blue
loved by her master and her mistress the same
loved by her master and her mistress the same
Are all a-growin green in me own country, last night i may have left you with a daughter or a son, to go into bed for to keep her back warm
The maid being innocent she thought it was no harm, where the oak and the ash and the bonny elm tree The, and if you have a male child well call him after me and when he is a man you can dress him up in blue
Twas early next morning the sailor lad arose, twas early next morning the sailor lad arose
