Robyn Hitchcock - Polly on the Shore lyrics

Come all you wild young men And a-warnin' take by me Never to lead your single life astray And into no bad company As I myself have done It been in the merry month of May When I was pressed by a sea captain And on board a man of war I was sent When I was pressed by a sea captain And on board a man of war I was sent Our ship it did set sail And our bonny, bonny flag we did fly Let every man stand true to his gun For the Lord knows who must die Let every man stand true to his gun For the Lord knows who must die Our captain was wounded full sore Likewise the rest of his men Our main mast rigging It was shattered all about So that we were obliged to give in And the blood in streams did flow And so loudly the cannon did roar And thousands of times have I wished meself at home And all along with me Polly on the shore And thousands of times have I wished meself at home And all along with me Polly on the shore She's a tall and a slender girl With a dark and a roving eye And here am I lie a-bleeding on the deck And for her sweet sake I would die And here am I lie a-bleeding on the deck And for her sweet sake I would die So farewell to my parents and friends Likewise, my dear Polly, too I ne'er would cross the salt sea so wide If I hadn't been moved by you I ne'er would cross the salt sea so wide If I hadn't been moved by you