Handsome Cabin Boy

歌詞

It's just a pretty female, as you may understand Her mind being bent for rambling into a foreign land She dressed herself in sailor's clothes, or so it does appear And she signed with a captain, to serve him for a year The captain's wife, she being on board, she seemed in great joy To think the captain had engaged such a handsome cabin boy And now and then she slipped him a kiss, and she would have liked to toy But twas the captain found out the secret of the handsome cabin boy Her cheeks they were like roses and her hair all in a curl The sailors often smiled and said, he looks just like a girl But eating of the captain's biscuit, her colour did destroy And the waist did swell of pretty Nell, the handsome cabin boy Twas down the Bay of Biscay our gallant ship did plough One night amongst the sailors, a helluva flurry and row It tumbled the men from out their hammocks, their sleep it did destroy Terrible cursin' and a-groanin' of the handsome cabin boy "Oh doctor dear, oh doctor," the cabin boy did cry "My time has come, I am undone and I must surely die" The doctor come a-running and smiling at the fun For to think a sailor lad should have a daughter or a son The sailors when they heard the news, they all did stand and stare The child belonged to none of them, they solemnly did swear The captain's wife she says to him, "My dear I wish you joy For it's either you or I betrayed the handsome cabin boy" Now sailors take your tot o' rum and drink success to trade And likewise to the cabin boy that was neither man nor maid Here's hoping the wars don't rise again, our sailors to destroy And here's hoping for a jolly lot more, like the handsome cabin boy