The Golden Vanity

There once was a lofty ship that sailed upon the sea
The name of the ship it was the Golden Vanity
And one day she came upon the Spanish enemy
As she sailed upon the lowlands, lowlands low
She sailed upon the lowlands low

So up jumped the cabin boy of only twelve and three

He said to the captain now what would you give to me
If I were to swim up to the Spanish enemy
And sink her in the lowlands, lowlands low
And sink her in the lowlands low

In the lowlands, in the lowlands

Sink her in the lowlands low

Well, I will give you silver, and I will give you gold
If you should attempt a deed so daring and so bold
Oh, and my lovely daughter’s hand in marriage you shall hold
If you sink her in the lowlands, lowlands low
Sink her in the lowlands low

Chorus

So, then the young cabin boy jumped straight into the sea
And with a rope around his waist, he swam up to the enemy
And with a hammer bored a hole, and then another three
And he sank her in the lowlands, lowlands low
He sank her in the lowlands low

In the lowlands, in the lowlands

He sank her in the lowlands low

Well, oh my captain I have done the deed you asked of me

I have sunk the Spanish ship into the briny sea
So won’t you throw a ladder down or drowned I shall be
For I’m sinking in the lowlands, lowlands low
I’m sinking in the lowlands low

But to the drowning cabin boy, the captain paid no heed

For he had made a promise that he never meant to keep
His daughter he would marry to a man with wealth to reap
So, he left him in the lowlands, lowlands low
He left him in the lowlands low

In the lowlands, in the lowlands

He left him in the lowlands low x2
 Chords
G D G G/B
There once was a lofty ship that sailed upon the sea
C D
The name of the ship it was the Golden Vanity
G C G/B
And one day she came upon the Spanish enemy
C D Em
As she sailed upon the lowlands, lowlands low
C D G
She sailed upon the lowlands low

D Em
In the lowlands, in the lowlands
C D G
Sink her in the lowlands low

Alt. Verse chords:

G GM7 G
But to the drowning cabin boy, the captain paid no heed
C Cm
For he had made a promise that he never meant to keep
G G7
His daughter he would marry to a man with wealth to reap
C D Em B7
So, he left him in the lowlands, lowlands low
C D G
He left him in the lowlands low