Nantucket Girl's Song Lyrics - The Tossers

Then I'll haste to wed a sailor and send him off to sea 

For a life of independence is the pleasant life for me 

But every now and then I would like to see his face 

For it always seems to me to beam with a manly grace 

With his brow so nobly open and his dark and kindly eye 

Oh my heart beats fondly towards him whenever he is nigh 

But when he says goodbye me love I'm off across the sea 

First I cry for his departure then I laugh because I'm free 

-- Eliza Brock, 18th Century Islander 

Oh I'm a man that's handsome, I'm strapping and I'm young 

And when I gotta job to do, the job gets fuckin' done 

I want a love to keep me happy I want a love that's true 

And of all my past endeavors if it's smitten then I'm with you 

So I'll put on my buckle and shoe and I'll comb up me hair 

And I lighten up my belt and shirt so it's handsome I'll appear 

And I'll work both day and night to keep the money rolling in 

So I can come back to my love, so I can see you again 

Oh to walk the street or countryside whatever I may know 

I know that I will be O.K. where ever it is I go 

So I'm sorry I don't want children to follow at my feet 

I'm happy by myself not chasing kids into the street 

Oh I wasn't born for marrying for the game or for the blame 

And when my friends do call me I like hearing my own name 

But when he says goodbye my dear, I'm off across the sea 

First I cry for his departure, then I laugh because I'm free