It's I've got a ship in the north country,
Down by the lowlands low,
And I fear she may be took
by the Spanish enemy,
As she sails on the lowlands sea,
As she sails on the lowlands low.
And up then step to little cabin boy,
Down by the lowlands low,
Sayin' what'll you give me
if I do them destroy,
And sink them in the lowlands sea,
And sink them in the lowlands low?
Oh, I'll give you silver
and likewise gold,
Down by the lowlands low,
And my only daughter for
to be your bride,
If you'll sink her in the
lowlands sea,
If you'll sink him in the
lowlands low
Oh, wrap me up in me black bear skin
Down by the lowlands low
And heave me overboard
for to sink or to swim
And I'll sink him in
the lowlands sea
And I'll sink him in the lowlands low
Now some was playin' cards
and the others playin' dice,
Down by the lowland low.
And the boy had an ogre,
bore two owls at once,
And he sunk him in the lowland sea,
And he sunk him in the lowland low.
He leaned upon his breast
and he swum back again
down by the lowlands low,
saying, Master, take me up,
for I'm sure I will be slain.
And I've sunk her in the lowlands sea,
and I've sunk her in the lowlands low.
I'll not take you up,
the master he cried,
Down by the lowlands low,
But I'll shoot you and kettle you,
And I'll send you with the tide,
And I'll drown you in that lowland sea,
And drown you in the lowlands low.
He leaned upon his breast
and swum round the laboured side,
down in the lowlands low.
Oh, mess -mates, take me up,
for I fear I will be slain,
and I've sunk her in the low -latin sea,
and sunk her in the lowlands low.
His mess -mates took him up,
and on the deck he died
Down by the lowlands low
And they wrapped him up
in an old cow's hide
And they sunk him in the lowland sea
And sunk him in the lowlands low you