Steeleye Span - Lowlands of Holland lyrics
[Steeleye Span - Lowlands of Holland lyrics]
The love that I have chosen
I therewith be content
The salt sea shall be frozen
Before that I repent
Repent it shall I never until the day I dee
But the lowlands of Holland has
Twined my love and me
My love lies in the salt sea
And I am on the side
It's enough to break a young thing's
Heart that lately was a bride
But lately was a bonny bride
With pleasure in her e'e
But the lowlands of Holland has
Twined my love and me
My love he built a bonny ship
And set her on the sea
With seven score good mariners
To bear her company
But there's three score of them is sunk
And three score dead at sea
And the lowlands of Holland has
Twined my love and me
My love has built another ship and
Set her on the sea
And nane but twenty mariners all
For to bring her hame
But the weary wind began to rise
The sea began to roll
And my love then and his
Bonny ship turned withershins about
There shall nae a quiff come on my head
Nor comb come in my hair
There shall neither coal nor candlelight
Shine in my bower mair
And neither will I marry until the day I dee
For I never had a love but one
And he's drowned in the sea
Oh hold your tongue my daughter dear
Be still and be content
There's men enough in Galloway
You need not sore lament
Oh there's men enough in Galloway
Alas there's none for me
For I never had a love but one
And he's drowned in the sea
I therewith be content
The salt sea shall be frozen
Before that I repent
Repent it shall I never until the day I dee
But the lowlands of Holland has
Twined my love and me
My love lies in the salt sea
And I am on the side
It's enough to break a young thing's
Heart that lately was a bride
But lately was a bonny bride
With pleasure in her e'e
But the lowlands of Holland has
Twined my love and me
My love he built a bonny ship
And set her on the sea
With seven score good mariners
To bear her company
But there's three score of them is sunk
And three score dead at sea
And the lowlands of Holland has
Twined my love and me
My love has built another ship and
Set her on the sea
And nane but twenty mariners all
For to bring her hame
But the weary wind began to rise
The sea began to roll
And my love then and his
Bonny ship turned withershins about
There shall nae a quiff come on my head
Nor comb come in my hair
There shall neither coal nor candlelight
Shine in my bower mair
And neither will I marry until the day I dee
For I never had a love but one
And he's drowned in the sea
Oh hold your tongue my daughter dear
Be still and be content
There's men enough in Galloway
You need not sore lament
Oh there's men enough in Galloway
Alas there's none for me
For I never had a love but one
And he's drowned in the sea