Swan Arcade - Lowlands of Holland lyrics

"On the night that I was married And on my marriage bed There came a bold sea captain And he stood at my bedhead Crying, 'Arise, arise, young married man And come along with me To the low lowlands of Holland To fight the enemy.' "Oh, I held my love all in my arms Thinking he might stay, But the captain he gave an order They were forced to march away, Crying, 'There's many a blithe young married man This night must go with me To the low lowlands of Holland To fight the enemy.' "Oh, Holland is a wondrous place And in it grows much green It's a wild inhabitation For my true love to be in Where the gra**es grow and the warm winds blow There's fruit on every tree But the low lowlands of Holland Parted my love and me. "Oh, they took my love to a lofty ship It's a ship of noble fame With four and twenty sailors bold To sail across the main And then the seas begin to roar And the winds begin to shout And it's then my love and his lofty ship Is sorely tossed about." Said the mother to the daughter, "What makes you so lament? Is there not a man in all England Can heal your discontent?" "There are many men in old England But none at all for me; I only love the one lad And he's across the sea. "No shoes nor stockings I'll put on Nor comb run through my hair Nor shall no coal nor candle light Shine in my bower fair Nor will I lie with any young man Until the day I die For the low lowlands of Holland Parted my love and I."