Letras
It's of a lass from Staffordshire, as you may understand
Outlawed by king and country into some foreign land
She dressed herself in sailor's clothes or so it does appear
And she hired with a captain to serve him for a year
Her cheeks they were like roses and her hair fell in a curl
The sailors often smiled and said he looked just like a girl
When eating at the captain's table her colour did destroy
And the waist did swell of pretty Nell the handsome cabin boy
'Twas in the bay of Biscay her governed ship did plough
One the night among the sailors was a fearful flying row
They tumbled from their hammocks for their sleep it did destroy
And they swore about the groaning of the handsome cabin boy
"Oh doctor, dear oh doctor" the cabin boy did cry
My time has come I am undone and I will surely die
The doctor come a running and a smiling at their fun
To think a sailor lad should have a daughter or a son
The sailors when they saw the babe they did all stand and stare
The child belonged to none of them they solemnly did swear
The captains wife she says to him "my dear I wish you joy
'Tis either you or me's betrayed the handsome cabin boy"