The Unhappy couple/The lass of Humber-side

The LASS of HUMBER-SIDE.

IN lonely cot, by Humber-ſide,
⁠I ſit and mourn my hours away;
For conſtant Will was Peggy's pride,
⁠and now he ſleeps in Iceland Bay.

Chor. Still as the ſhips paſs to and fro,
⁠I fondly lilt to yo, ya, yo;
⁠Still as the ſhips paſs to and fro,
⁠I fondly lilt to yo, ya, yo.
⁠Yo, ya, yo, Yo, ya, yo, Yo, ya, ⟨yo⟩

Six months on Greenland's icy coaſt,
⁠where half the year is dreary night,
He toil'd for me, and oft would boaſt,
⁠that Peggy was his ſole delight.⁠&c.

Ah! woe is me! I often cry,
⁠as thro' the broken panes peep,
And as the diſtant fails I ſpy
⁠I think on deareſt Will and weep.⁠&c.

(illegible text) loud and ſwelling forms I heard,
⁠as on my loneſome bed I lay'd,
⟨All⟩ night alone for Will I fear'd,
⁠all night for Will alone I pray'd.
⁠Chor Still as the ſhips, &c.

⟨The⟩ bride-knot which my love did wear,
⁠looſe hung a pendant o'er my door,
⟨And⟩ when it told the wind was fair,
⁠I fancy'd ſoon he'd be on ſhore.
⁠Chor. Still as the ſhips, &c.

⟨At⟩ length the very ſhip I ſpy'd,
⁠in which my conſtant Will had fail'd;
With haſte I ran to Humber-ſide:
⁠and loud and oft the ſailors hail'd:
⟨The⟩ deck they travers'd to and fro,
⁠and anſwer'd nought but yo, ya, yo.

⟨The⟩ boatſwain, now full near the ſhore,
⁠I aſked for Will---he ſhook his head:
⟨I⟩ fear ſaid I, he is no more---
⁠his anſwer was,⁠Poor Will is dead!"
⟨Ah⟩ me! I fell, oppreſs'd with woe!
⁠and heard no more their yo, ye, yo.