Martin Carthy And Dave Swarbrick - Farewell Nancy lyrics

"Oh farewell my dearest Nancy for now I must leave you; Far across to the West Indies our course we must steer. Don't let my long voyage to trouble and grieve you For you know I'll be back in the spring of the year." She says, "Like some little seaboy I'll dress and I'll go with you; In the midst of all danger your help I'll remain. In the cold stormy weather when the winds they are a-blowing, Oh, my love I'll be there for to reef your topsail." "Oh, your pretty little hands they can't manage our tackle, Your delicate feet to our topsail can't go. Your little behind love would freeze in the wind love; I would have you ashore when them stormy winds do blow." "So farewell my lovely Nancy for now I must leave you; Far across the western ocean I'm bound far away. Before we are parted my love be true-hearted For you know I'll be back in the spring of the year."