2
O she was fair, O dear, she was bonnie!
A ship's captain courted her to be his honey.
3
There cam a ship's captain out owre the sea sailing,
He courted this young thing till he got her wi bairn.
4
'Ye'll steal your father's gowd, and your mother's money,
And I'll mak ye a lady in Ireland bonnie.'
5
She's stown her father's gowd, and her mother's money,
But she was never a lady in Ireland bonnie.
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6
'There's fey fowk in our ship, she winna sail for me,
There's fey fowk in our ship, she winna sail for me.'
7
They've casten black bullets twice six and forty,
And ae the black bullet fell on bonnie Annie.
8
'Ye'll tak me in your arms twa, lo, lift me cannie,
Throw me out owre board, your ain dear Annie.'
9
He has tane her in his arms twa, lo, lifted her cannie,
He has laid her on a bed of down, his ain dear Annie.
10
'What can a woman do, love, I'll do for ye;'
'Muckle can a woman do, ye canna do for me.'