The Young Slaver

[lumberjackpdx]

Hey there! Love this song. Really. It's fantastic.

I was in that group of rambunctious guys from when you played at Reed College. Mind posting the general chord structure to this song?

[jonathanbyrd]

Oh my dear, you prepare, are you going anywhere?

Oh my dear, back from town, are you to a vessel bound,

Off to war on an angry sea?

Fairest one, I love you, this is something I must do

Fairest one, if I stay, then your honor I’d betray

So I seek lesser company

[jonathanbyrd]

Oh my dear, please don’t leave, there are tears upon my sleeve

Oh my dear, if you go, down the archipelago

You will never return to me

Fairest one, let me go, for you know I love you so

Fairest one, I’ll return and your marriage I will earn

With promotion and bravery

[jonathanbyrd]

Oh my dear, you are gone, I will mourn you ere the dawn

All the young and the brave are the first to find their grave

In Her Majesty’s company

Fairest one never knew what I’m really set to do

Fairest one I never told, trading slaves for rum and gold

To win her from her family

[jonathanbyrd]

Oh my dear, I have dreams, in the night I hear the screams

Oh my dear, in those lands, you have blood upon your hands

And your soul is in jeopardy

Fairest one of my land, I do not deserve your hand

Fairest one, like a fool, I have been the devil’s tool

And my soul is in jeopardy

[jonathanbyrd]

Oh my dear, I have learned, all the ships of war returned

Oh my dear, as you know, they did not return with you

So I made you a grave by the sea

Fairest one, I have sins rum or gold could never cleanse

Fairest one, in the deep, I will lay my soul to sleep

And make me a grave of the sea

[dalittlemermaid333]

Would you happen to know where I can find the lyrics to this song? I can't find them anywhere!

[kenboff56]

Absolute genius. Splendid, wonderful!

[KevinMealy]

Where can I get a copy of this? I like it a lot more than his version with a backing band.

[lambsy97]

This song caught my ear right away. Now, after a few months I can't hear it enough; a favorite. It got better and better the more I listened.

[mooniusss]

Tasty.

[DavidBigDaveWood]

That was really, really good!

Thanks.

Big Dave