She had not been out but two weeks or three
When she was overtaken by a Turkish Reveley,
And she sailed upon the low and lonesome low
And she sailed upon the lonesome sea.

Then up spake our little cabin boy,
Saying, "What will you give me if i will them destroy,
If I sink them in the low and lonesome low,
If I sink them in the lonesome sea?"

"Oh, the man that them destroys,"
Our captain then replied.
"Five thousand pounds, and my daughter for his bride,
If he sinks them in the low and lonesome low,
If he sinks them in the lonesome sea!"

Then the boy smote his breast
And down jumped he.
He swum 'til he come to the Turkish Reveley,
As she sailed upon the low and lonesome low
As she sailed upon the lonesome sea.

He had a little tool
That was made for the use,
He bored nine holes in her hull all at once,
And he sunk her in the low and lonesome low
And he sunk her in the lonesome sea.

Then he swum back to his ship,
And he beat upon the side,
Cried, "Captain, pick me up, for I'm wearied with the tide,
And I'm sinkin' in the low and lonesome low
And I'm sinkin' in the lonesome sea!"

"Oh, I will not pick you up,"
The captain then replied,
"I will shoot you, I will drown you, I will sink you with the tide,
I will sink you in the low and lonesome low
I will sink you in the lonesome sea!"

"If it was not for the love that I bear for your men
I would do unto you as I did unto 'them'
I would sink you in the low and lonesome low
I would sink you in the lonesome sea."

Then the boy bowed his head and down sunk he
Farewell, farewell to the Golden Vanity
As she sails upon the low and lonesome low
As she sails upon the lonesome sea.

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