15B. The Mary Golden Lee- Dennis (KY) 1922
15B - THE MARY GOLDEN LEE
(The Sweet Trinity, Child, No. 286)
Taken from a manuscript song book compiled by Miss Camilla Dennis from the singing of school children at Hindman, Knott County, Kentucky, 1922-23.
1. There was a little ship and she sailed upon the sea,
And she went by the name of the Mary Golden Lee,
As she sailed upon the lone and the lonesome low,
As she sailed upon the lonesome sea.
2. There was another ship and she sailed upon the sea,
And she went by the name of the Turkish Robbery,
As she sailed upon the lone and the lonesome low,
As she sailed upon the lonesome sea.
3. There was a little sailor unto the captain said,
"O captain, O captain, what will you give to me,
If I'll sink them in the low and the lonesome low,
If I'll sink them on the lonesome sea?"
4. "Two hundrod dollars I'll give unto thee,
And my oldest daughter I'll wed unto thee,
If you'll sink them in the the lonesome low,
If you'll sink them in the lonesome sea.
5. He bowed upon his breast and away swam he,
Till be came to the ship of the Turkish Robbery,
As she sailed upon the lone and the lonesome low,
As she sailed upon the lonesome sea.
6. Then out of his pocket an instrument he drew,
And he bored nine holes for to let the water through,
As she sailed upon the lone and the lonesome low,
As she sailed upon the lonesome sea.
7. Some had hats and some had caps,
And they tried to stop them awful water gaps,
For they were sinking in the low and the lonesome low,
For they were sinking in the lonesome sea
8 He bowed upon his breast and back swam he,
Till he came to the ship of The Mary Golden Lee,
As she sailed upon the low and the Lonesome Low,
As she sailed upon the lonesome sea.
9. "O captain, O captain, won't you take me on board?
O captain, O captain, won't you be good as your word?
For I've sunk them in the low and the Lonesome Low,
For I've sunk them in the Lonesome Low.
10. "O no, I will neither take you on board,
O no, I will neither be good as my word,
For I'm sailing in the low and the lonesome low,
For I'm sailing in the lonesome sea."
11. "If it wasn't for my love for your daughter and your men,
I would do unto you as I did unto them,
I would sink you in the low and the lonesome low,
I would sink you in the lonesome sea."
12. He turned upon his back and down sank he,
"Farewell, farewell to the Mary Golden Lee,
For I'm sinking in the low and the lonesome low,
For I'm sinking in the lonesome sea."