The Handsome Cabin Boy-Ewan MacColl

[ti:The Handsome Cabin Boy] [ar:Ewan MacColl] [al:Songs of the Sea] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Handsome Cabin Boy (英俊的木屋男孩) - Ewan MacColl [00:14.42]It's of a pretty female [00:19.07]As you may understand [00:23.03] [00:23.78]Her mind being bent for rambling [00:28.49]Unto some foreign land [00:32.16] [00:32.92]She dressed herself in sailor's clothes [00:37.37]Or so it does appear [00:41.09]And she hired with a captain [00:45.76] [00:46.33]To serve him for a year [00:50.68] [00:54.28]The captain's wife she being on board [00:58.96]She seemed in great joy [01:02.55] [01:03.48]To think the captain had engaged [01:07.82]A handsome cabin boy [01:12.08] [01:12.60]That now and then she'd slip him a kiss [01:16.93]And she'd have liked to toy [01:20.29]But it was the captain found out the secret [01:25.53]Of the handsome cabin boy [01:30.50] [01:33.79]Her cheeks they were like roses [01:37.68]And her hair rolled in a curl [01:42.18] [01:42.82]The sailors often smiled and said [01:47.44]He looked just like a girl [01:51.01] [01:52.04]But eating of the captain's biscuit [01:56.23]Her colour did destroy [01:59.57]And the waist did swell of pretty Nell [02:05.03]The handsome cabin boy [02:09.37] [02:12.33]It was in the bay of Biscay [02:16.91]Our gallant ship did plow [02:20.81] [02:21.61]One night among the sailors [02:24.95]Was a fearful flurry and row [02:29.49] [02:30.30]They tumbled from their hammocks [02:33.84]For their sleep it did destroy [02:37.79]And they sworn about the groaning [02:42.40]Of the handsome cabin boy [02:47.76] [02:50.91]Oh doctor dear oh doctor [02:54.62] [02:55.13]The cabin boy did cry [02:58.76] [02:59.73]My time has come I am undone [03:03.84]And I will surely die [03:07.78] [03:08.42]The doctor come a-runnin [03:12.31]And a-smilin' at the fun [03:15.83] [03:16.71]To think a sailor lad should have [03:21.04]A daughter or a son [03:25.39] [03:27.54]The sailors when they saw the joke [03:31.77]They all did stand and stare [03:35.10] [03:36.14]The child belonged to none of them [03:40.06]They solemnly did swear [03:43.49] [03:44.01]And the captain's wife she says to him [03:48.68]My dear I wish you joy [03:52.16] [03:52.92]For 'tis either you or me's betrayed [03:57.39]The handsome cabin boy [04:01.79] [04:03.68]So sailors take your tot of rum [04:07.72]And drink success to trade [04:11.52] [04:12.22]And likewise to the cabin boy [04:15.99]That was neither man nor maid [04:20.06] [04:20.75]Here's hoping the wars don't rise again [04:24.91]Our sailors to destroy [04:28.34]And here's hoping for a jolly lot more [04:33.28]And the handsome cabin boy