I Am A Youth That's Inclined To Ramble Lyrics - Cara Dillon

I am a youth that's inclined to ramble 

To some foreign country, I mean to steer 

I am loath to part from my friends and comrades 

And my dear sweetheart, whom I loved dear 

But there's one of those, I do most admire 

One her, I'll think when I'm far away 

For since fates decreed, I am resolved to part her 

And try my fortune in Americay 

So farewell, darling, I must leave you 

I place great dependence on your constancy 

That no other young man may gain your favor 

Or change your mind when I am over the sea 

For although the seas do separate us 

And in between us, they do rise and fall 

If fortune favors me you'll find your Jamie 

Returning homeward from Americay 

Oh Jamie dear, do you remember 

When I sat with you for many the hour 

And my young fancy away was carried 

And the bees hummed around on each opening flower 

But when you're crossing the western ocean 

The maid that loved you, you'll never mind eva' 

And you'll scarce ever think upon the maids of Erin 

For you'll find strange sweethearts in America 

Oh Mary dear, I don't dissemble 

For to all other fair maids, I'll prove untrue 

And if you think that these are false promise 

I'll leave these vows as a pledge to you 

That what I have may prove unsuccessful 

And fortune prove to me a slippery ball 

That a favoring gale it may never blow on me 

If forsake you in America 

And to conclude and to end these verses 

May God protect this young female fair 

And keep her from every wild embarrassment 

And of, my darling, take the greatest care 

For she's slow to anger and of kind disposition 

And her cheeks like roses in June do blow 

In my nightly slumbers when ever I think on her 

I could court her vision in America