[ti:Sailor Boy] [ar:Cara Dillon] [al:Wanderer] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sailor Boy - Cara Dillon [00:05.71]Lyrics by:Traditional/Sam Lakeman/Cara Dillon [00:11.42]Composed by:Sam Lakeman/Traditional/Cara Dillon [00:17.14]It was early early all in the spring [00:23.29]When my love Willie went to serve the king [00:29.39]The night being dark and the wind blew high [00:35.00]Which parted me from my sailor boy [00:41.87]Oh father father build me a boat [00:48.07]For on the ocean I mean to float [00:54.03]To watch the big ships as they pass by [00:59.65]For I might inquire of my sailor boy [01:06.63]She had not sailed there for a week or two [01:12.68]When she spied the captain and all his crew [01:18.93]Oh captain captain come tell me true [01:24.50]Does my love Willie sail on board with you [01:55.24]Oh fair maid fair maid he is not here [02:01.26]He's lost or drowned that I am afraid [02:07.31]On yon green island as we passed by [02:13.21]T'was there we lost our fine sailor boy [02:18.98]She wrung her hands and she tore her hair [02:25.26]Just like a lady in deep despair [02:31.08]She called for paper both pen and ink [02:36.94]And every line she did drop a tear [02:42.78]And every word she calls Willie near [02:49.96]Oh father father dig me a grave [02:55.97]Go dig it long and go dig it wide [03:01.91]Place marble stone at my head and feet [03:07.62]That the world may know that I died in grief