Ox Eyed Man
Traditional:
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com
The ox-eyed man is the man for me,
He came a sailing from over the sea
High ho for the ox-eyed man
Oh, May in the garden a shelling her peas,
And bird singing gaily among the trees.
High ho for the ox-eyed man.
Oh, May looked up and she saw her fate
In the ox-eyed man passing by the gate
High ho for the ox-eyed man.
The ox-eyed man gave a fond look of love,
And charmed May's heart which was pure as a dove,
High ho for the ox-eyed man.
Oh, May in the parlor a sitting on his knee,
And kissing the sailor who'd come o'er the sea
High ho for the ox-eyed man.
Oh, May in the garden a-shelling her peas,
Now weeps for the sailor who sailed over the sea.
High ho for the ox-eyed man
The author of this website has put a lot of time and effort into gathering the greatest collection of sea shanties for the world to enjoy - There are songs that have been to sung to a job of work at sea for many, many years and collecting them has been a great endeavour. - Roger Chartier has made the effort out of his own interest and the requests that he has gotten to do this work from fellow musicians who wanted a good source of sea shanties to draw on and learn from. He has been told that for this effort he is a remarkable man.
