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Golden Vanity
(Peter Paul & Mary)
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There     was     a     ship     that     sailed     a     long     the     lowland
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sea,     And     the     name     of     the     ship     was     the     Golden
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Vani     ty.     And     they     swore     she     would     be     taken     by     the
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Spanish     ene     my,     As     she     sailed     along     the     lowland,
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oh,     sailed     along     the     lowland     sea.
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Then     up     spoke     our     cabin     boy,     and     boldly     out
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spoke     he,     And     he     said     to     our     captain,     "What
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would     you     give     to     me,     If     I     swam     along     side     of
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the     Spanish     ene     my,     And     sank     her     in     the     lowland,
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oh,     sank     her     in     the     lowland     sea?"
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"Oh,     I     will     give     you     silver,     and     I     will     give     you
          
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gold,     And     my     own     fair     young     daughter     your     bonnie
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bride     shall     be,     If     you     swim     along     side     of     the
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Spanish     ene     my,     And     sink     her     in     the     lowland,     oh,
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sink     her     in     the     lowland     sea."
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So     the     boys     they     made     him     ready,     and     overboard
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sprang     he,     And     he     swam     along     side     of     the     Spanish
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ene     my.     And     with     his     brace     and     auger     in     her     side
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he     bore     holes     three,     And     sank     her     in     the
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lowland,     oh,     sank     her     in     the     lowland     sea.
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Then     quickly     he     swam     back     to     the     cheering     of     the
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crew,     But     the     captain     would     not     heed     him,     for
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his     promise     he     did     rue,     And     he     scorned     his     poor
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entreatings     when     loudly     he     did     sue,     And     left     him
          
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in     the     lowland,     oh,     left     him     in     the     lowland     sea.
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Then     '     round-a-bout     he     turned,     and     swam     to     the
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port     side,     And     up     unto     his     messmates     full
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bitterly     he     cried,     "     Messmates,     draw     me     up,     for
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I'm     drifting     with     the     tide,     And     sinking     in     the
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lowland,     oh,     sinking     in     the     lowland     sea."
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Well,     his     messmates     drew     him     up,     but     on     the     deck
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he     died.     And     they     stitched     him     in     his     hammock
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that     was     so     fair     and     wide.     And     they     lowered     him
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