Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land

by Charles Godfrey Leland

Ay, ay, ay, verdadero,

Ay, ay, con el marinero!

And I’ll be a mariner too!

Mother, there’s no refusing,

What true love demands I must do;

In love there’s no picking and choosing,

So I’ll be a mariner too.

Ay, ay, verdadero,

Ay, ay, con el marinero,

And I’ll be a mariner too!