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THE SAILOR's TRAGEDY.
I am a Sailor, and home I write,
And in the ſeas took great delight;
The female ſex I did beguile,
At length two were by me with child:
And in the ſeas took great delight;
The female ſex I did beguile,
At length two were by me with child:
I promis'd to be true to both,
And bound myſelf, under an oath,
To marry them, if I had life;
And one of them I made my wife.
And bound myſelf, under an oath,
To marry them, if I had life;
And one of them I made my wife.
The other being left alone,
Crying. You falſe deluding man,
With me you've done a wicked thing,
Wnich public ſhame' will on me bring.
Crying. You falſe deluding man,
With me you've done a wicked thing,
Wnich public ſhame' will on me bring.
Then to the ſilent ſhade ſhe went,
Her present ſhame for to prevent;
And ſoon ſhe finiſh'd up the ſtrife,
And cut her tender thread of life.
Her present ſhame for to prevent;
And ſoon ſhe finiſh'd up the ſtrife,
And cut her tender thread of life.
She hung herſelf upon a tree,
Two men a hunting did her foe;
Her fleſh by beaſts was baſely tore,
Which made the young men weep fullfore.
Two men a hunting did her foe;
Her fleſh by beaſts was baſely tore,
Which made the young men weep fullfore.
