i am a maid that s deep in love but yes i can complain i have in this world but one true love and jimmy is his name and if i do not find my love i ll mourn most constantly and i ll find and follow jimmy thro the lands of liberty then i ll put up my yellow hair men s clothing i ll wear on i ll sign to a bold sea captain my passage i ll work free and i ll find and follow jimmy thro the lands of liberty one night upon the raging seas as we were going to bed the captain cried farewell my boy i wish you were a maid your rosy cheeks and your ruby lips they are enticing me and i wish dear god with all of my heart a maid you were to me then hold your tongue dear captain such talk is all in vain and if and the sailors find it out they ll laugh and make much game for when we reach columbia shore some prettier girls you ll find and you ll laugh and sing and you ll court with them for courting you are inclined it was not three days after our ship had reached the shore adieu my loving captain adieu forever more for once i was a sailor on sea but now i am a maid on shore so adieu to you and all your crew with you i ll sail no more  come back come back my own pretty maid come back and marry me i have ten thousand pounds in gold and that i ll give to thee so come back come back my own pretty maid come back and marry me 