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.
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