The Lady and the Captain

There was a faire lady lived far from the sea
In the land of the elk and the maple tree

Far in the north she made her sweet home
Where the snow falls all night like a beautiful poem

Her heart it beat heavy absent from glee
For her Captain was long lost out in the sea

One day a letter came in the mail
Her captain was safe, sound and back from his sail

There once was a captain who lived by the sea
Except for the whiskers he looked just like me

He traveled far from the sea through the hills
To the land of his lady with the snow on the sills

He came to a tavern with ale so divine
And got drunk and forget his lady so fine

She hemmed and she hawed and she and pouted so blue
She waited in earnest for her captain so true

He left the said tavern and fell on his bum
At her feet fell the captain with a bottle of rum

To her dismay he swigged from the bottle right there
And she picked up the captain by his last surly hair

“Oh my lady I’ve found you” the captain did say
And he kissed on her noggin but she pushed him away

“You devil, you scoundrel”, the faire lady cried out
But her heart began melting as the captain did shout

“My faire lady I’ve come from the sea far away”
“For the words from my lips cannot they betray”

“I love you my lady my forlorn white dove “
“As deep as the sea runs so does my love”

Spring had arisen, and the birds took alight
And their love it did blossom like tulips so bright

Wedding bells rang from the belfry so loud
As tears fell on cheeks like rain from a cloud

They were joined in the chapel, the preacher looked on
As the lady and captain danced away down the lawn.

The captain and the lady are together tonight
To behold all the glory of a full happy life …