Shipwreck'd sailor/The bunch of green ribbons

The BUNCH of GREEN RIBBONS.

ONCE I had a true love, but now I have none,
Since I cannot gain him, since I cannot gain him,
Since I cannot gain him, I'll never have none.

O where shall I wander, O where shall I run,
For daily I’m striving, for daily I’m striving.
For daily I’m striving, his sorrows to shun.

Whatever befalls me, I'll patiently take,
I’ll think it an honour, I’ll count it an honour,
I'll think it an honour to die for his sake.

One night in sweet slumber, I dream’d I did see
My own lovely jewel, my own dearest jewel,
My own lovely jewel sit smiling by me,

Saying, return my dear jewel, your heart do not break,
For I have gold plenty, for I have gold plenty,
For I have gold plenty, and this you may take.

But if he denies me, I’ll travel to Spain,
Where on shipboard I’ll enter, my life I will venture
And never return to Old England again.

But now he has left me, which makes my heart sad,
I hear he has wedded, I hear he has wedded,
I hear he has wedded young Nancy his maid.

But since he’s got married, my heart it will break,
A bunch of green ribbons, a bunch of green ribbons,
A bunch of green ribbons I’ll wear for his sake.

But since I’m so loyal as to die for my dear,
I’ll chuse out six virgins, I’ll chuse out six virgins,
I’ll chuse out six virgins my coffin to bear.

There’s no one shall know the tears that I make,
I think it an honour, I’ll count it an honour,
I’ll thing it an honour to die for his sake.

When in the churchyard in the grave I’m laid down,
O let these fine garlands, O let these fine garlands,
O let these fine garlands hing over my tomb.

And when any of my sex behold it in sight,
They’ll say I’ve been loyal, they’ll say I’ve been loyal,
They’ll say I’ve been loyal to my heart’s delight.