Brian Peters The Golden Vanity
Now there was a bonny ship in the North country
The name that she went under was the Golden Vanity
She fears she will be taken by the Turkish privateer
As she sails along the lowlands low
As she sails along the lowlands low
In the lowlands, in the lowlands
As she sails along the lowlands low
Now the first that come on deck was the little cabin boy
Says, "Captain, what'll you give to me if I do them destroy?"
"I'll give you gold and silver, my daughter for your bride
If you'll sink them in the lowlands low
If you'll sink them in the lowlands low."
In the lowlands, in the lowlands
If you'll sink them in the lowlands low
So the captain held the keel light, and overboard he goes
He swam till he came to the Turkish privateer
He's let the water in and he's dazzled out her lights
And he sank them in the lowlands low
And he sank them in the lowlands low
In the lowlands, in the lowlands
He sank them in the lowlands low
Then it's back to the ship so quickly he swam
"Captain, captain, pick me up; my work I've bravely done
Captain, pick me up, for I'm sinking in the sea
I'm sinking in the lowlands low
And I'm sinking in the lowlands low."
In the lowlands, in the lowlands
I'm sinking in the lowlands low
"Pick you up, pick you up?" The captain said he
"Oh no, you foolish youngster, that can never be
For I'm going to send you after the Turkish ivory
I'll sink you in the lowlands low
And I'll sink you in the lowlands low."
In the lowlands, in the lowlands
I'll sink you in the lowlands low
So he swam around the ship all to the starboard side
"Shipmates, pick me up, for I'm sinking in the tide
Shipmates, pick me up, for I'm sinking in the sea
I'm sinking in the lowlands low
And I'm sinking in the lowlands low."
In the lowlands, in the lowlands
I'm sinking in the lowlands low
So his shipmates picked him up, and on the deck he died
They sewed him in his hammock, which was both long and wide
They sewed him in his hammock and they threw him o'er the side
They sank him in the lowlands low
And they sank him in the lowlands low
In the lowlands, in the lowlands
They sank him in the lowlands low