Roving Sailor- Lucy Cannaday (VA) 1918 Sharp A
[From Sharp's "English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians" 1932 edition, edited Karpeles.
R. Matteson 2017]
Come my little roving Sailor- sung by Mrs I.T. (Lucy) Cannady at Endicott, Virginia on August 22nd. 1918.
Come my little roving sailor,
Come my little roving bee
Come my little roving sailor,
Come sailor boy, won't you marry me?
Madam, I have gold and silver,
Madam, I have house and land,
Madam, I have a world of pleasure,
All shall be at your command.
What cares I for your gold and silver?
What cares I for your house and land?
What cares I for your world of pleasure?
All I want is a handsome man.
Madam, do not stand on beauty,
Beauty is a fading flower;
For the reddest rose in yonders garden
Will fade away in one half hour.