Fair as the Fairest

VERSE 1
She's fair as th fairest
She's dressed like a queen
She's th handsomeous creature
That ever was seen

CHORUS:
Crying, O my lover's gone
He's th lad I adore
He's gone where I never
Shall see him anymore

VERSE 2
Th shells of the ocean
Shall be my death bed
An' th fish of th water
Shall float o'er my head

VERSE 3
She plunged her fair body
In th waters so deep
An' she closed her pretty blue eyes
In th water to sleep

OTHER COLLECTIONS:
Randolph: I-84 Down By the Sea Shore
Belden: p. 167 The Lovers Lament For Her Sailor