Chad Mitchell Trio - Golden Vanity lyrics

Oh there was a lofty ship and she sailed on the sea And the name of that ship it was the Golden Vanity But she feared she would be taken by a Turkish enemy As she sailed on the lowland lowland low She sailed upon the lowland sea Then up steps a cabin boy, just the age of twelve and three And he says to the Skipper what will you give to me If I swim alongside of your Turkish enemy And I sink her in the lowland lowland low I sink her in the lowland sea Oh I will give you silver and I will give you gold And the hand of my daughter if you will be so bold As to swim alongside of the Turkish enemy And to sink her in the lowland lowland low To sink her in the lowland sea Then the boy he made all ready and overboard jumped he And he swam alongside of the Turkish enemy And with his little drilling tool he boared holes three And he sank her in the lowland lowland lowland He sank her in the lowland sea Then the boy he turned around and back again swam he And he hollered for the Skipper to haul him from the sea But the Skipper would not heed, for his daughter he did need And he left him in the lowland lowland lowland He left him in the lowland sea Then the crew they hauled him out, but upon the deck he died And they wrapped him in his blanket so very soft and wide They cast him overboard to drift upon the tide And he sank beneath the lowland lowland low He sank beneath the lowland sea Oh there is a lofty ship and she sails on the sea But she sails without a cabin boy the age of twelve and three And she fears she will be taken by a Turkish enemy As she sails on the lowland lowland low Sails on the lowland sea