The Golden Vanity
Traditional:
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com
Oh there was a lofty ship
and a lofty ship was she
And the name of that ship
it was the Golden Vanity
And she feared she would be taken
by the Turkish Enemy
As she sailed on the lowland, lowland low
As she sailed on the lowland sea
Up stepped a little cabin boy,
a cabin boy was he
And he said to the Captain
what will you give to me
If I sneak alongside the Turkish Enemy
And I sink her in the lowland, lowland low
And I sink her in the lowland sea
Oh I will give you silver and I will give you gold
And the hand of my daughter
your bonnie bride will be
If you'll sneak alongside of the Turkish Enemy
And you'll sink her in the lowland lowland low
And you'll sink her in the lowland sea
So he jumped overboard and
overboard jumped he
And he swam alongside of the Turkish Enemy
And with a little drilling tool he bored holes three
And he sank her in the lowland lowland low
He sank her in the lowland sea
Then he turned himself around
and back again swam he '
Til he came to the side of the Golden Vanity
But the Captain would not heed,
for his daughter he did need
And he left him in the lowland lowland low
He left him in the lowland sea
Well his shipmates brought him out, but upon the deck he died
And they wrapped him in his blanket that was so soft and wide
And they cast him overboard and he drifted with the tide
And he sank beneath the lowland lowland low
He sank beneath the lowland sea
And he sank beneath the lowland lowland low
He sank beneath the lowland sea
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.
