[00:00.00] A sailor's life, it is a merry life[00:28.71]He robs young girls of their heart's delight[00:40.05]Leaving them behind to weep and mourn[00:52.83]They never know when they will return[01:02.79]" Well, there's four and twenty all in a row[01:18.30]My true love he makes the finest show[01:29.58]He's proper, tall, genteel withal[01:42.24]And if I don't have him, I'll have none at all"[01:54.15]" Oh, father build for me a bonny boat[02:08.91]That on the wide ocean I may float[02:22.59]And every Queen's ship that we pass by[02:35.37]There I'll inquire for my sailor boy "[03:28.74]They had not sailed long upon the deep[03:39.66]When a Queen's ship they chanced to meet[03:51.96]" You sailors all, pray tell me true[04:03.99]Does my sweet William sail among your crew?"[04:14.13]" Oh no, fair maiden, he is not here[04:26.91]For he's been drownded, we greatly fear[04:41.40]On yon green island, as we passed it by[04:52.32]There we lost sight of your sailing boy"[05:03.63]Well, she rung her hands and she tore her hair[05:14.64]She was like a young girl in great despair[05:29.31]And her little boat against a rock did run[05:38.37]" How can I live now? My sweet William is gone "