Nic Jones - The Banks of Green Willow lyrics

O it's of a sea-captain Down by the sea-side o, And he's courted a young lady And he's got her by child. "Go and fetch your father's gold And some of your mother's money, And go all across the ocean, All along with young Johnny." "Now I've got me father's gold And some of me mother's money, And I'll go all across the ocean, All along with young Johnny." Now they hadn't been a-sailing, No miles not a great many Before she was delivered Of a beautiful baby. "Go and fetch a white napkin For to tie me head easy, And throw me quite overboard, Both me and my baby." Now see how she totters, See how she tumbles, And see how she's rolling All upon the salt water. Go fetch me a longboat For to row me lover back again, For to row me lover back again, Both for her and her baby. For she shall have a coffin, And the coffin it shall shine yellow, And she shall be buried On the banks of green willow.