Letras
Once there was a skipper, he was boasting on the quay
Saying, "I have a ship, and a gallant ship is she
Oh, I have a ship, and a gallant ship is she
Of all the ships that I do know, she's far the best to me"
In the old Virginia lowlands, lowlands low
In the old Virginia lowlands low
Oh, I had her built in the Norfolk country
And I had her christened the Golden Vanity
Oh, I had her christened the Golden Vanity
I armed her and I manned her and I sent her off to sea
In the old Virginia lowlands, lowlands low
In the old Virginia lowlands low
Then up spoke a sailor who had just returned from sea
"Oh, I served on board of the Golden Vanity
Oh, I served on board of the Golden Vanity
When she was held in chase by the Spanish piracy"
In the old Virginia lowlands, lowlands low
In the old Virginia lowlands low
And we had on board of us a little cabin boy
Who said, "What will you give me if the galley I destroy?
Oh, what will you give me if the galley I destroy?"
"Oh, you can have my daughter, she is my pride and joy"
If you sink her in the lowlands, lowlands low
In the old Virginia lowlands low
So the boy bared his breast and he plunged into the tide
And he swam and he swam to the rascal pirate's side
He swam and he swam to the rascal pirate's side
And he climbed on deck and he went below and gunned him in the side
And he sank him in the lowlands, lowlands low
In the old Virginia lowlands low
He bored with his auger, he bored once and twice
And then some were playing cards and then some were playing dice
The water it flowed in and it dazzled their eyes
The water it flowed in and it put out all their lights
And he sank him in the lowlands, lowlands low
In the old Virginia lowlands low
Well, he swam and he swam all to the starboard side
Saying, "Captain, take me up, I am drifting with the tide"
"Oh, captain, take me up", but so loud the captain cried
"I will sink you, I will kill you, you shall not have your bride"