Lyrics

[Verse 1] There was an apprentice lived in Strawberry Lane She was loved by her master and her mistress the same Until a young sailor came sailing o'er the sea And that was the start of her misery [Verse 2] This young maid being innocent she thought it no harm For to go into bed, for to keep his back warm He hugged her and he kissed her and he called her his dear He said "I wish, my love this night were long as a year" [Verse 3] 'Twas early nеxt morning this sailor arose And into her apron he put handfuls of gold "Takе and keep it for the wrong that I've done Last night I have left you with a daughter or a son" [Verse 4] "And if it be a girl child dandle her on your knee And if it be a male child call him after me And when he is a man, you can dress him up in blue He'll go skipping up the rigging like his daddy used to do" [Verse 5] And it's home boys home And its home I'd like to be It's home for awhile in my old count-a-ry Where the oak and the ash and the bonny elm tree They're all a-growing greener in my old count-a-ry