Tony Rose - Tom The Barber lyrics

As I looked over the castle wall To see what I could see, There I saw my father's ship Come a-sailing home to me. Come a-sailing home to me. "What's the matter, my daughter Jane, That you look so pale and wan, Have you had some sore sickness In lying with some young man? Lying with some young man?"" "Oh, I've had no sore sickness In lying with no young man, But I have a grieve to my very, very heart That you've been so long at sea. That you've been so long at sea." Then she's took off her gown of green, She's hanged it against the wall. Her apron strings they would not untie She was three quarters gone. She was three quarters gone. "It is to a noble gentleman Or to one of low degree? Or is it to some jolly, jolly tar That sails in along of me? That sails in along of me?" "'tis to no noble gentleman Nor to one of low degree; But it is to that jolly, jolly tar That sails in along of thee, Aye, he sails along of thee." So he's called up his merry, merry men, By one, by two, by three, And Tom the Barber that used to come first, The last come in was he. The last come in was he. In came Tom the Barber bold, He was dressed all in silk. His eyes did shine like morning sun, His skin it was like the milk, Oh, his skin was like the milk. "Will you marry my daughter Jane? Will you take her by the hand? Will you prove a father unto that child, The heir to all my land? The heir to all my land?" "Yes, I'll marry your daughter Jane, I'll take her by the hand. I'll prove a father unto that child, But I value not your land, No, I value not your land. For I have gold and silver store, I've houses and I've land. If it were not for your daughter Jane, I'd never been your man, No, I'd ne'er been your man."