[ti:I Am a Youth That's Inclined to Ramble] [ar:Cara Dillon] [al:Cara Dillon] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Am A Youth That’s Inclined To Ramble - Cara Dillon [00:07.06]Written by:Lakeman Samuel Charles/Dillon Cara Elizabeth [00:14.12]I am a youth that's inclined to ramble [00:19.93] [00:21.22]To some foreign country I meen to steer [00:26.35] [00:28.49]I am loath to part from my friends and comrades [00:34.45] [00:35.61]And my dear sweat heart whom I loved dear [00:41.27] [00:42.82]But there's one of those I do most admire [00:49.34] [00:50.29]One her I'll think when I'm far away [00:56.03] [00:57.15]For since fates decreed I am resolved to part her [01:03.53] [01:04.52]And try my fortune in America [01:09.93] [01:11.64]So farewell darling I must leave you [01:18.18] [01:18.89]I place great dependence on your constancy [01:24.19] [01:26.14]That no other young man may gain your favour [01:32.31] [01:33.21]Or change your mind when I am o'ver the sea [01:38.73] [01:40.44]For although the seas do separate us [01:47.25] [01:47.91]And in between us they do rise and fall [01:53.30] [01:54.90]If fortune favours me you'll find your Jamie [02:00.60] [02:02.20]Returning homeward from America [02:07.99] [02:19.97]Oh Jamie dear do you remember [02:25.31] [02:26.82]When I sat with you for many's the hour [02:31.89] [02:34.06]And my young fancy away was carried [02:39.55] [02:41.17]And the bees hummed around on each opening flower [02:46.77] [02:48.40]But when you're crossing the western ocean [02:55.21] [02:55.93]The maid that loved you you'll ne'er mind Ava [03:01.96] [03:02.78]And you'll scarce e'er think upon the maids of Erin [03:09.02] [03:10.05]For you'll find strange sweethearts in America [03:16.09] [03:42.22]Oh Mary dear I don't disemble [03:47.95] [03:49.05]For to all other fair maids I'll prove untrue [03:54.75] [03:56.31]And if you think that these are fales promise [04:02.36] [04:03.42]I'll leave these vows as a pledge to you [04:08.84] [04:10.75]That what I have may prove unsuccessful [04:17.33] [04:18.17]And fortune prove to me a slippery ball [04:23.49] [04:25.16]That a favoring gale it may n'er blow on me [04:31.36] [04:32.42]If forsake you in America [04:37.65] [04:39.59]And to conclude and to end these verses [04:45.98] [04:46.77]May god profect this young female fair [04:52.25] [04:54.03]And keep her from every wild embarrassment [04:59.63] [05:01.06]And of my darling take the greatest care [05:06.37] [05:08.27]For she's slow to anger and of kind disposition [05:14.97] [05:15.86]And her cheeks like roses in June do blaw [05:21.29] [05:22.56]In my nightly slumbers when e'er I think on her [05:28.96] [05:29.94]I could court her vision in America