Tarry Trousers

[Verse 1]
As I roved out one fine Summer's ev'ning
To view those flow'rs and to take the air
'T'was there I spied a tender mother
Talking to her daughter dear

[Verse 2]
Singing, "Daughter, o daughter, I'll have you to marry
No longer to live a sweet single, life"
"O mother, o mother, I 'd rather to tarry
To be some brave young sailor's wife"

[Verse 3]
"A sailor shy sits all for to wander
To some foreign count'r'y he'd go
They will cause you to sigh and to murmur
They will prove your overthrow"

[Verse 4]
"Or, if you could get me to wed with a farmer
To be your joy and heart's delight
But give me the boy with the tarry, tarry trousers
To shine in my eyes like a diamond bright"

[Verse 5]
She hung her head on the top of her shoulders
Tears from her eyes like a fountain flowed
"I'll stay at home and be true-hearted
Whilst my love to the sea doth go"

[Verse 6]
"Hark, o hark, how the great guns are rattling
Big and small, they all make noise
My true love's in the field of battle
So fight on, my gallant boys"