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 I'll dress myself in man's array,

with trousers clean and white,

And to the raging seas I'll go,

to seek my heart's delight.

From ship to ship, from sea to sea,

so boldly will I steer.

Till I find out the man I love,

he's my jolly Sailor dear.

O was I worth ten thousand pounds,

and on King George's throne,

Freely would I part with it all

to the man I dearly love.

Ye gods of love prove kind to me,

from danger may I steer,

Now I will search the seas all round,

for my jolly Sailor dear.

Cupid for ever, I defy thy both quiver: Neither do I regard thy long bow, Nor arrow shall prick me, Nor woman out-wit me, I am free from all sorrow and woe.

If Jenny had been loyal I had ne'er stood the trial, Of any girl but her in life, I oftentimes told her, Which made her the bolder, 'Twas on purpose to make her my wife.