The Golden Vanity

Oh, there was a little ship

And she sailed upon the sea

And the name of the ship was the Golden Vanity

And she feared she would be taken by the Spanish enemy

As she sailed upon the lowland, lowland, lowland, low

As she sailed upon the lowland sea.

Then up stepped the cabin boy

And boldly out spoke he

And he said to the captain

"What would you give to me?

If I would swim along side of the Spanish enemy

And I sink her in the lowland, lowland, lowland, low

And I sink her in the lowland sea?"

"Oh I will give you silver

And I will give you gold

And the hand of my daughter your bonnie bride to be

If you'll sneak along side of the Spanish enemy

And you'll sink her in the lowland, lowland, lowland

And you'll sink her in the lowland sea.

Then the boy he made him ready

And overboard sprang he

And he swam along side of the Spanish enemy

And with his auger shaft

In the side he bored holes three

And sank he her in the lowland, lowland, lowland

He sank her in the lowland sea.

Then the boy he turned around,

And back swam he,

And he cried out to the skipper

Of the Golden Vanity,

But the skipper did not heed,

For his promise he would need,

And he left him in the lowland, lowland, low,

He left him in the lowland sea.