The Maid On The Shore-Niamh Parsons

[ti:The Maid On The Shore] [ar:Niamh Parsons] [al:Blackbirds & Thrushes] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Maid On The Shore (岸上的女佣) - Niamh Parsons [00:01.99]O it’s of the sea captain who sailed the salt seas [00:06.05] [00:06.62]And the moon it shone gentle and clear o [00:12.06]I will die, I will die, the bold Captain did cry [00:16.92]If I can’t have the maiden who walks on the shore [00:22.05]If I can’t have that maid on the shore [00:26.42] [00:27.12]So the sailors they got them a very long boat [00:31.37]And it’s off for the shore they did steer o [00:36.68]Saying Ma’am if you please will you enter on board [00:41.24]To view a find cargo of costly ware [00:45.92]To view a fine cargo of ware [00:49.98] [00:50.73]It was with much reluctance they got her on board [00:54.79]And the moon it shone gentle and clear o [01:00.48]And she sat herself in the stern of the boat [01:05.10]And it’s off for the ship the bold sailors did steer [01:09.79]And it’s off for the ship they did steer [01:14.73]And when they had drawn along side of the ship [01:19.17]Te captain he spat out his chew o [01:23.92]Saying all of this night you will lie in my arms [01:28.16]And then I’ll hand you back to my jolly young crew [01:32.54]And I’ll hand you right back to my crew [01:36.98] [01:37.67]O thank you O thank you this young girl she said [01:42.79]That is just what I’ve been waiting for [01:47.92]For I’ve grown so weary of being a maid [01:52.30]As I walk up and down on the rocky old shore [01:57.16]As I walk up and down on the shore [02:01.10] [02:01.79]So she sat herself down in the stern of the ship [02:06.36]And the moon it shone gentle and clear o [02:12.04]And she sang so sweet genteel and complete [02:17.60]She sang sailors and captain right off to sleep [02:22.23]She sang sailors and captain to sleep [02:26.92]And she’ robbed them of silver, [02:29.23]she has robbed them of gold [02:31.42]And she’s robbed them of all their fine ware o [02:36.66]And the captain’s gold sword she has taken as an oar [02:41.73]And she’s paddled right back to that rocky old shore [02:45.91]And she’s paddled right back to that shore [02:50.54]O were you men drunk or were you men mad [02:54.73]Or were you sunk deep in despair o [02:59.73]When you let her away with her beauty so gay [03:04.29]And now she’s a maiden once more on the shore [03:08.73]She’s a maiden once more on the shore [03:13.04]No your men were not drunk and your men were not mad [03:17.61]Nor were they sunk deep in despair o [03:22.17]I deluded your crew and likewise yourself too [03:27.10]And once more I’m a maid on that rocky old shore [03:32.10]Once more I’m a maid on the shore.