it s of a fair and handsome girl and she s all in her tender years she fell in love with a sailor boy and it s true that she loved him well for to go off to sea with him like she did not know how she longed to see that seaport town called canadee i o so she bargained with a young sailor boy it s all for a piece of gold straightway that he led her all down into the hold saying i ll dress you up in sailor s clothes your jacket shall be blue you ll see that seaport town called canadee i o now when the other sailors heard the news well they fell into a rage and with the whole ship s company they were willing to engage saying we ll tie her hands and feet my boys overboard we ll throw her and she ll never see that seaport town called canadee i o now when the captain he s heard the news well he too fell in a rage and with all of his whole ship s company he was willing to engage saying she will stay all in sailor s clothes her colour shall be blue she ll see that seaport town called canadee i o now when they came down to canada scarcely above half a year she s married this bold captain who called her his dear she s dressed in silks and satins now and she cuts a gallant show she s the finest of the ladies down in canadee i o  come all you fair and tender girls wheresoever you may be i d have you to follow your own true love when he goes out on the sea for if the sailors prove false to you well the captain he might prove true you see the honour that i have gained by the wearing of the blue