[id:$00FD4A10] [ar:cara dillon] [ti:i am a youth that's inclined to ramble] [by:] [hash:977d08a4a79aeb9eaab7d6d1ab6270d2] [al:] [sign:] [qq:] [total:361779] [offset:0] [00:13.79]I am a youth that's inclined to ramble [00:20.90]To some foreign country I meen to steer [00:28.16]I am loath to part from my friends [00:32.60]and comrades [00:35.30]And my dear sweatheart [00:38.85]whom I loved dear [00:42.50]But there's [00:43.50]one of those I do most admire [00:50.07]One her I 'll think [00:52.17]when I 'm far away [00:56.97]For since fates decreed [00:59.07]I am resolved to part her [01:04.13]And try my fortune in Americay [01:11.29]So farewell darling I must leave you [01:18.55]I place great dependence on your constancy [01:25.77]That no other young man [01:29.27]may gain your favour [01:32.92]Or change your mind [01:35.32]when I am o'ver the sea [01:40.13]For although the seas do separate us [01:47.71]And in between us [01:50.07]they do rise and fall [01:54.38]If fortune favours me [01:58.23]you'll find your Jamie [02:01.78]Returning homeward from Americay [02:19.50]Oh Jamie dear do you remember [02:26.40]When I sat with you [02:30.05]for manys the hour [02:33.66]And my young fancy away was carried [02:40.81]And the bees hummed [02:42.86]around on each opening flower [02:48.02]But when you're crossing the western ocean [02:55.63]The maid that loved you [02:57.68]you'll ne'er mind ava [03:02.54]And you'll scarce e'er [03:04.94]think upon the maids of Erin [03:09.84]For you'll find strange sweethearts in America [03:41.88]Oh Mary dear, I don't disemble [03:48.84]For to all other fair maids [03:52.26]I 'll prove untrue [03:55.91]And if you think that [03:59.61]these are fales promise [04:03.08]I 'll leave these vows [04:05.73]as a pledge to you [04:10.51]That what I have may prove unsuccessful [04:17.77]And fortune prove to me a slippery ball [04:24.87]That a favoring gale [04:27.33]it may n'er blow on me [04:32.38]If I forsake you in America [04:39.14]And to conclude to end these verses [04:46.52]May God profect this young female fair [04:53.81]And keep her from every wild embarrassment [05:00.82]And of my darling take the greatest care [05:08.06]For she's slow to anger [05:10.46]and of kind disposition [05:15.47]And her cheeks [05:16.77]like roses in June do blaw [05:22.41]In my nightly slumbers [05:25.43]when e'er I think on her [05:29.64]I could court her vision in America