A Ship Set Sail for North America- Jacobs (WI) 1933 Treat JOAFL
[From: Kentucky Folksong in Northern Wisconsin by Asher E. Treat; The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 52, No. 203 (Jan. - Mar., 1939), pp. 1-51. "A Ship Set Sail for North America" does not rhyme and should be Amerikee or something like that.
R. Matteson 2014]
4. A SHIP SET SAIL FOR NORTH AMERICA
Sung by Mrs. M. G. Jacobs, Maud Jacobs and Pearl Jacobs Borusky, September, 1933. Cf. Sharp, The Golden Vanity.
[Music Upcoming]
1. A ship set sail for North America
And she went by the name of "The Turkish Revillee",
As she sails along the lonesome lowlands low,
As she sails along the lowland sea.
As sails along the lonesome lowlands low,
As she sails along the lowland sea.
2. "Captain, O, Captain, O, what will you give me
If I will overtake 'The Golden Willow Tree',
If I'll sink her in the lonesome lowlands low,
If I'll sink her in the lowland sea?"
3. "I have a house and I have land,
And I have a daughter that will be at your command
If you'll sink her in the lonesome lowlands low," etc.
4. "I have a little tool just fitted for the use,
Boring for salt water, letting in the sluice.
I'll sink her in the lonesome lowlands low," etc.
5. He fell upon his back and away swam he
Until he overtaken the "Golden Willow Tree,"
As she sailed along the lonesome lowlands low, etc.
6. Some with their hats and some with their caps,
Trying to stop the salt water gaps,
As she sailed along the lonesome lowlands low, etc.
7. He fell upon his back and away swam he
Until he overtaken "The Turkish Revillee,"
As she sailed along the lonesome lowlands low, etc.
8. "Captain, O, Captain, take me on board
And be to me as good as your word,
For I've sunk her in the lonesome lowlands low," etc.
9. "Neither will I take you on board,
Or be to you as good as my word,
Though you've sunk her in the lonesome lowlands," etc.
10. "If it wasn't for the love I have for your men,
I'd serve you as I served them,
I'd sink you in the lonesome lowlands low," etc.