Ye Mariners All

(From the Penguin Book of English Folk Songs)

Ye mariners all as you pass by

Come in and drink if you are dry

Come spend me lads, your money brisk

And pop your nose in a jug of this

Ye tipplers all, if you’ve half a crown

You’re welcome all for to sit down

Come spend me lads, your money brisk

And pop your nose in a jug of this

Ye mariners all as you pass by

Call in and drink if you are dry

Call in and drink, think not amiss

And pop your nose in a jug of this

And now I’m old and can scarcely crawl

I’ve an old grey beard and a head that’s bald

Crown my desire and fulfil my bliss

A pretty girl and a jug of this

And when I’m in my grave and dead

And all my sorrows have passed and fled

Transform me then into a fish

And let me swim in a jug of this.