A Sailor's Leave- Georgiansilver (UK) 1970s
[Posted by Georgiansilver on mudcat discussion Forum in Dec., 2016.
R. Matteson 2017]
A SAILOR'S LEAVE- Sung by Georgiansilver who sang this acapella at [UK] Folk clubs in the 1970's.
A sailor, coming home on leave,
Did find his house without a light.
He crept up to his daughters room,
And found her hanging from a beam.
So he got his knife and cut her down,
And on her breast these words he found.
I loved a sailor, loved him true,
Oh see what true love can do.
Oh father do not weep for me,
He was a sailor young and free.
He took me down a shady lane,
Now for his love I die in vain.
Oh dig my grave go dig it deep,
And place white lilies at my feet.
And at my head go place a dove,
To show that I have died for love.
So I dug her grave I dug it deep,
I placed white lilies at her feet.
And at her head I placed a dove,
To show that she had died for love.
Now all you maidens bear in mind,
A good man's love is hard to find.
So if you find one good and true,
Don't trade the old love for the new.