Martin Carthy And Dave Swarbrick
Текст песни Jacky Tar

Young Jacky Tar, out one day a-walking,
Heard a squire and the lady talking.
Jack heard him to the lady say,
“Tonight with you, love, I mean to lay
Fol la la doo, right falero, right fol lol a doo.”

“Just tie the string all around your finger
Let the other end dangle down from your window,
I'll come by, pull on the string,
You come down, love, you let me in
Fol la la doo, right falero, right fol lol a doo.”

“Blow me,” says Jack, “Well, why don't I fetch her,
See if a poor sailor can't win this treasure.”
So he went by, pulled on the string;
She came down and she let him in,
Fol la la doo, right falero, right fol lol a doo.

Jack never had seen such a sight before-a,
String round her finger was all she wore-a.
Opened up the door when he pulled on the string,
Pulled up the covers and she let Jack in
Fol la la doo, right falero, right fol lol a doo.

Squire he come by, he was singing a song-o,
Thinks he to himself it's not going to be long-o,
When he got there no string he found.
Behold his hopes was all dashed to the ground
Fol la la doo, right falero, right fol lol a doo.

Jack lay in her arms all the livelong night-a
And she woke up in a terrible fright-a!
For there lay Jack in his tarry shirt
Behold, his face was all covered with dirt,
Fol la la doo, right falero, right fol lol a doo.

“What do you want, oh you nasty sailor
Steal in my chamber for to steal my treasure?”
“No,” he says, “I pulled on the string,
You come down, love, you let me in
Fol la la doo, right falero, right fol lol a doo.”

Jack says to her, “Pardon I pray-a,
I'll steal away at the break of day-a.”
“No,” she says, “don't you go far
For I never will part from me little Jack Tar
Fol la la doo, right falero, right fol lol a doo.”