X: 1
T:Sailor and the Tailor, The
S:Digital Tradition, sailtail
N:A circle is formed by joining hands.  They dance round and sing.  Sometimes at
N:Rosehearty two play the game by the one taking hold of the other's left hand with her right.
B:Gomme II.147, from Rosehearty.
O:Scots
Z:dt:sailtail
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=100
W:A sailor lad and a tailor lad,
W:And they were baith for me;
W:I wid raither tack the sailor lad,
W:And lat the tailor be.
W:
W:What can a tailor laddie dee
W:Bit sit and sew a cloot,
W:When the bonnie sailor laddie
W:Can turn a ship aboot.
W:
W:He can turn her east, and he can turn her west,
W:He can turn her far awa';
W:He aye tells me t' keep up my hairt
W:For the time that he's awa'.
W:
W:I saw 'im lower his anchor,
W:I saw 'im as he sailed;
W:I saw 'im cast his jacket
W:To try and catch a whale.
W:
W:He skips upon the planestanes,
W:He sails upon the sea;
W:A fancy man wi' a curly pow
W:Is aye the boy for me,
W:Is aye the boy for me;
W:A fancy man wi' a curly pow
W:Is aye the boy for me.
W:
W:He daurna brack a biscuit,
W:He daurna smoke a pipe;
W:He daurna kiss a bonnie lass
W:At ten o'clock at night.
W:
W:I can wash a sailor's shirt,
W:And I can wash it clean;
W:I can wash a sailor's shirt,
W:And bleach it on the green.
W:Come a-rinkle-tinkle, fal-a-la, fal-a-la,
W:Aboun a man-o'-war.
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