Canadee-i-o Lyrics - Singles - Seven Nations

Canadee-i-o 

(Traditional; arranged by Seven Nations) 

It's of a fair and handsome girl 

She's all in her tender years 

She fell in love with a sailor boy 

And it's true she loved him well 

For to go off to sea with him like she did not know how 

She longed to see that seaport town 

Called Canadee-i-o 

So she bargained with a young sailor boy 

Sold for a piece of gold 

Straightway he led her down 

All down into the hold 

Saying "I'll dress you up in sailor's clothes, 

Your jacket shall be blue, and you'll see that 

Sea-port town called Canadee-i-o." 

Now when the other sailors heard the news 

They fell into a rage 

And with their whole ship's company 

They were willing to engage 

Sayin' "We'll bind her hands and feet me boys, 

And overboard we'll throw her, 

She'll never see that seaport town 

Called Canadee-i-o." 

Now when the Captain he's heard the news 

He too fell in a rage 

And with his whole ship's company 

He was ready to engage 

Saying "She'll stay all in Sailor's clothes, 

Her collar shall be blue, 

And she'll see that seaport town 

Called Canadee-i-o." 

When they sailed down to Canada 

Scare above half a year 

She's married this bold Captain who called her his dear 

She's dressed in silks and satins now 

And she cuts a gallant shawl 

She's the finest of the ladies down 

In Canadee-i-o 

So come all you fair and tender girls 

Wheresoever you may be 

I'd have you to follow your own true love 

When he goes out on the sea 

For if the sailors they prove false to you 

The Captain he might prove true 

You see the honor I have gained from 

The wearing of the blue 

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