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BLACKEY’D SUSAN.
part I.
ALL in the Downs a fleet was moor'd,
the streamers waving in the wind,
When Black-Ey'd Susan came on board,
oh where shall I my true love find?
Tell me you jovial sailors, tell me true,
if my sweet William, if my sweet William sails,
among the crew.
William aloft upon the yard,
rock’d with billows to and fro!
Soon as her well known voice he heard,
he sigh’d. and cast his eyes below ;
The (illegible text) flew quickly through his glowing hands,
And quick as light'ning, and quick as light’ning,
on the deck he stands.
So the sweet lark poised in the air,
shut close her pinions to her breast,
If chance his mate’s shrill voice he hear,
and drops at once into her nest.
Each noble captain in the English fleet,
might envy William, might envy William’s lips
with kisses sweet.
Oh Susan, Susan, lovely dear,
my vows shall ever true remain,
Let me kiss off that falling tear,
we only part to meet again;
Change as ye lift, ye winds, my heart shall be
the faithful compass,the faithful compass that
full points to thee.
