The Smuggler

The Smuggler

O my true love’s a smuggler and sails upon the sea,And I would I were a seaman to go along with he;To go along with he for the satins and the wine,And run the tubs at Slapton when the stars do shine.O Hollands is a good drink when the nights are cold,And Brandy is a good drink for them as grows old.There is lights in the cliff-top when the boats are home-bound,And we run the tubs at Slapton when the word goes round.The King he is a proud man in his grand red coat,But I do love a smuggler in a little fishing-boat;For he runs the Mallins lace and he spends his money free,And I would I were a seaman to go along with he.

O my true love’s a smuggler and sails upon the sea,And I would I were a seaman to go along with he;To go along with he for the satins and the wine,And run the tubs at Slapton when the stars do shine.O Hollands is a good drink when the nights are cold,And Brandy is a good drink for them as grows old.There is lights in the cliff-top when the boats are home-bound,And we run the tubs at Slapton when the word goes round.The King he is a proud man in his grand red coat,But I do love a smuggler in a little fishing-boat;For he runs the Mallins lace and he spends his money free,And I would I were a seaman to go along with he.

O my true love’s a smuggler and sails upon the sea,And I would I were a seaman to go along with he;To go along with he for the satins and the wine,And run the tubs at Slapton when the stars do shine.

O my true love’s a smuggler and sails upon the sea,

And I would I were a seaman to go along with he;

To go along with he for the satins and the wine,

And run the tubs at Slapton when the stars do shine.

O Hollands is a good drink when the nights are cold,And Brandy is a good drink for them as grows old.There is lights in the cliff-top when the boats are home-bound,And we run the tubs at Slapton when the word goes round.

O Hollands is a good drink when the nights are cold,

And Brandy is a good drink for them as grows old.

There is lights in the cliff-top when the boats are home-bound,

And we run the tubs at Slapton when the word goes round.

The King he is a proud man in his grand red coat,But I do love a smuggler in a little fishing-boat;For he runs the Mallins lace and he spends his money free,And I would I were a seaman to go along with he.

The King he is a proud man in his grand red coat,

But I do love a smuggler in a little fishing-boat;

For he runs the Mallins lace and he spends his money free,

And I would I were a seaman to go along with he.

FromA Sailor’s Garland.


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