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The Midshipman And The Maid

from A Candle For Durruti by Al Grierson

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lyrics

THE MIDSHIPMAN AND THE MAID

As I went a-walkin down by the seaside
I spied a young couple all alone hand in hand
One was a midshipman in a tunic of blue
And the other was a young maid and fresh as the dew

Oh the waters run high and the waters run low
I’ll think of my darlin wherever I go
For the waters run cloudy and ever so clear
At the end of the world, at the turn of the year

There was music and song in the sway of her hips
And the hint of a tremble along her sweet lips
For he pulled out a wild rose from a fold in his cloak
And a tear fell upon it with the words that he spoke

Oh the waters run high and the waters run low
I’ll think of my darlin wherever I go
For the waters run cloudy and ever so clear
At the end of the world, at the turn of the year

Then says he "Lovely Nancy, I’m called to the war
That has been the misfortune of many before
And the gift of your love now will not be remiss
It’ll gently be taken and sealed with a kiss"

Oh the waters run high and the waters run low
I’ll think of my darlin wherever I go
For the waters run cloudy and ever so clear
At the end of the world, at the turn of the year

And she answered him “Willie, say not a word more
I’ve none of your roses and less of your war
And I love when you take it, you’ll seal with a ring
That’ll shine like the shilling you took from the King”

Oh the waters run high and the waters run low
I’ll think of my darlin wherever I go
For the waters run cloudy and ever so clear
At the end of the world, at the turn of the year

"For if danger awaits you on far distant shores
It’s of perfumes and petticoats, harlots and whores
But I’ll love and I’ll trust and I know you’ll be true
For my brother, the Captain, will see that you do”

And the waters run high and the waters run low
I’ll think of my darlin wherever I go
For the waters run cloudy and ever so clear
At the end of the world, at the turn of the year

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from A Candle For Durruti, released January 1, 1999

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