[ Предположительная тональность: C ] [Verse 1] C F When I was a young girl at the age of sixteen C F G From my home I ran away to go and serve the queen G C I listed in the Navy a sailor lad to stand F C F G C To hear the canons rattle and the music play so grand G C G The music play so grand, the music play so grand F C F G C To hear the canons rattle and the music play so grand [Verse 2] C F I dressed myself in trousers and cut my hair of short C F G Then I went down to the harbor to see the ships in port G C The officer who listed me said we need every hand F C F G C I think you'll make a sailor, so step this way young man G C G So step this way young man, so step this way young man F C F G C I think you'll make a sailor, so step this way young man [Verse 3] C F He took me to me bunk mates down where the hammocs sway C F G And lying by a sailor's side I never was afraid G C But taking off my old blue coat I sometimes used to smile F C F G C To think my self a sailor and a maiden all the while G C G A maiden all the while, a maiden all the while F C F G C To think myself a sailor and a maiden all the while [Verse 4] C F They sent me up to London to be gurad o'r the tower C F G And there I wolud I have been until this very day and hour G C But a young girl fell in love with me and found I was a maid F C F G C She went straightway to my captain and my secret she betrayed G C G My secret she betrayed, my secret she betrayed F C F G C She went straight way to my captain and my secret she betrayed [Verse 5] C F My captain he sent for me to see if it were true C F G And how could I deny the tale that he already knew G C Here's a pension of war for you, he smiled and he said F C F G C It's a pity we should lose you such a sailor as you made G C G Such a sailor as you made, such a sailor as you made F C F G C It's a pity we should lose you such a sailor as you made [Verse 6] C F So fare thee well my captain, you have been kind to me C F G And fare thee well my comrades, you ne'er forgot shall be G C And should the British nay fall short of any men, F C F G C I'll doff off my hat feathers and I'll run the rigging again G C G I'll run the rigging again, I'll run the rigging again F C F G C I'll doff off my hat and feathers and run the rigging again