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 When we came near Carthagena town,

Where cannon balls flew up and down

Wbilſt in the midſt of danger there,

My thoughts were on my deareſt dear,

When I arriv'd on the Britiſh ſhore,

I went to ſee her I did adore;

Her father he made this reply,

My daughter does your love deny.

O then he aſk'd me what I mean,

Or if I lov’d his daughter Jean?

She's marry’d now, Sir, for her life,

I pray young man ſeek another wife.

I curs’d the gold and the ſilver too,

And all falſe women that were not true;

Who firſt make vows and them do break.

And break their vows for riches ſake.

I wou’d rather be on yonder ſhore,

Where thundring cannons loudly roar;

I would rather be where bullets fly,

Than in falſe women’s company.

So I'll bid adieu to all woman-kind,

I'll ſail the ocean round and round;

I’ll ſail the ſea until I die,

I’ll cut the waves that run mountains high,

Now from a window that was nigh,

The Lady ſhe made this reply,

I pray let reaſon now take place.

Before you do our ſex diſgrace.