Hark! The Village Wait

The love that I have chosen I'll therewith be content And the salt sea shall be frozen before that I repent Repent it shall I never until the day I dee But the lowlands of Holland has twined my love and me. My love lies in the salt sea and I am on th

Williams-Traditional All things are quite silent, each mortal at rest, When me and my true love got snug in one nest, When a bold set of ruffians broke into our cave, And they forced my dear jewel to plough the salt wave. I begged hard for my darling

My Johnny was a shoemaker and dearly he loved me My Johnny was a shoemaker but now he's gone to sea With pitch and tar to soil his hands And to sail across the sea, stormy sea And sail across the stormy sea His jacket was a deep sky blue and curly wa

"A blacksmith courted me, nine months and better He fairly won my heart; he wrote me a letter With his hammer in his hand, he looked so clever, And if I were with my love, I would live forever. "O, where is my love gone, with his cheeks like ros