Golden Vanity

 

O there was a lofty ship and she sailed on the sea

And the name of that ship it was the Golden Vanity

And she feared she would be taken by a Spanish gal-a-ly

As she sailed upon the lowland, lowland low

As she sailed upon the lowland sea

 

Then up steps a cabin boy, just the age of 12 and 3

And he says to the captain what will you give to me

If I swim alongside the Spanish gal-a-ly

And I sink her in the lowland, lowland low

And I sink her in the lowland sea

 

Oh I will give you silver and I will give you gold

And the hand of my daughter if you will be so bold

As to swim alongside of that Spanish gal-a-ly

And you sink her in the lowland lowland low

And you sink her in the lowland sea

 

And the boy he made all ready, and overboard jumped he

And he swam alongside of the Spanish Enemy

And with his drilling tool he bored holes three

And he sank her in the lowland lowland low

He sank her in the lowland sea

 

                     [Instrumental Break]

 

And the boy he turned around, and back again swam he

And he hollered for the skipper to haul him from the sea

But the skipper did not heed, for his daughter he did need

And he left him in the lowland lowland low

He left him in the lowland sea

 

Well the crew they hauled him out, but on the deck he died

And they wrapped him in his blanket so very soft and wide

And they cast him overboard and he drifted with the tide

And he sank beneath the lowland lowland low

He sank beneath the lowland sea.