English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians

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	No. 35 The Golden Vanity A

	2 There was another ship in the North Amerikee, She went by the name of the Golden Silveree, As she sailed upon the low-de-lands deep. 3 O captain, O captain, what'll you give to me, If I'll go and sink the ship of the Weeping Willow Tree, As she sailed upon the low-de-lands deep ? 4 I will give you gold and I'll give to you a fee, Give to you my daughter and married you shall be, As we sailed upon the low-de-lands deep. 5 He bent to his breast and away swum he, He swum and he sunk the ship of the Weeping Willow Tree, As they sailed upon the low-de-lands deep. 6 He bent to his breast and back swum he, Back to the ship of the Golden Silveree, As they sailed upon the low-de-lands deep. 7 O captain, O captain, pray take me on my board, For I have been just as good as my word, I sunk her in the low-de-lands deep.
	* If A be tonic — Mode 1, a -+- b (nilxolydian ).
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