The Jolly Miller (1799)/Jamie Out at Sea

by Anonymous

Divider from 'The Jolly Miller', a chapbook printed in Glasgow in 1799

JAMIE OUT AT SEA.

The summer breezes fann'd the sea,
and wav'd the fragrant bow'r;
When Mary sigh'd for Jamie dear,
each long and tedious hour:
Oft o'er yon fertile hill and grove,
she wept her sorrows free;
For Jamie was her only love,
and he was out at sea.

The blushing rose adorn'd her face,
with more than wonted charms;
And beauty smil'd with heavn'ly grace,
such as the soul disarms;
Yet, ah! in vain her bosom strove,
from danger to be free;
For Jamie was her own true love,
and he was out at sea.

Thus twelve long months had pass'd away,
when from her cot she stray'd;
She met her bonny sailor gay,
returning to his maid:
The tears of joy and pleasure flow'd,
her love once more to see;
And from that hour young Jamie vow'd,
he'd ne'er return to sea.