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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539745" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Young Munro the Sailor</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Twas on a sunny morning in the month of May,<br>I met a pretty damsel on the banks o' the Tay;<br>I said, My charming fair one, come tell to me I pray,<br>Why do you walk alone on the banks o' the Tay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">She said, Kind sir, pity me, for I am in great woe<br>About my young sailor lad, whose name is James Munro;<br>It's he has been long at sea, seven years from this day,<br>And I come here sometimes to weep for him that's far, far away. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lovely creature, cease your weeping and consent to marry me,<br>And my houses and all my land I will give to thee,<br>And we shall get married without any delay,<br>And live happy and contented on the banks o' the Tay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Believe me, my sweet lady, I pity the sailor's wife,<br>For I think she must lead a very unhappy life;<br>Especially on a stormy night, I'm sure she cannot sleep,<br>Thinking about her husband whilst on the briny deep. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh, sir! it is true, what you to me have said,<br>But I must be content with the choice I've made;<br>For Munro's he's young and handsome, I will ne'er deny,<br>And if I don't get him for a husband, believe me, I will die. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Because, when last we parted, we swore to be true,<br>And I will keep my troth, which lovers ought to do;<br>And I will pray for his safe return by night and by day,<br>That God may send him safe home to the banks o' the Tay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Forgive me, noble heart, for asking to marry you,<br>I was only trying your love, if it was really true;<br>But I've found your love is pure towards your sailor lad,<br>And the thought thereof, believe me, makes my heart feel glad. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">As homeward we retraced our steps her heart seemed glad,<br>In hopes of seeing again her brave sailor lad,<br>He had promised to marry her when he would return,<br>So I bade her keep up her spirits and no longer mourn. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dear creature, the lass that's true to her sweetheart deserves great praise,<br>And I hope young Munro and you will spend many happy days,<br>For unto him I know you will ever prove true,<br>And perchance when he comes home he will marry you. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">What you have said, kind sir, I hope will come true,<br>And if it does, I'll make it known to you;<br>And you must come to the marriage, which you musn't gainsay,<br>And dance and rejoice with us on the marriage-day. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">When we arrived in Dundee she bade me good-bye,<br>Then I told her where I lived, while she said with a sigh,<br>Kind sir, I will long remember that morning in May,<br>When I met you by chance on the banks o' the Tay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">When three months were past her sailor lad came home,<br>And she called to see me herself alone,<br>And she invited me to her marriage without delay,<br>Which was celebrated with great pomp the next day. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">So I went to the marriage with my heart full of joy,<br>And I wished her prosperity with her sailor boy;<br>And I danced and sang till daylight, and then came away,<br>Leaving them happy and contented on the banks o' the Tay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">So all ye pretty fair maids, of high or low degree,<br>Be faithful to your sweethearts when they have gone to sea,<br>And never be in doubts of them when they are far away,<br>Because they might return and marry you some unexpected day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Topaz+McGonagall">William Topaz McGonagall</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539745" data-title="Young Munro the Sailor de William Topaz McGonagall" data-description="'Twas on a sunny morning in the month of May, I met a pretty damsel on the banks o' the Tay; I said, My charming fair one, come tell to me I pray, Why do you walk alone on the banks o' the Tay. She said, Kind sir, pity me, for I am in great woe ..."></div> </div> </div>
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