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What Maiden What Maiden

from Tales of the Brine and the Maritime by Adam Kurtz

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What maiden, what maiden would betroth to me
A Captain out at sea?
What maiden, what maiden would give herself to
A Captain out at sea?

I have no wife awaiting my ship
No word down Widow’s walk
Nary a lady stares wistfully out at the rocks
There was Young Isabella who walked by my side
Before I set out to sea
Young Isabella, now old, has forgot about me
The girls at the inn would giggle and dance
Whilst filling my cup full of rum
At the end of the evening, the evening was done

What maiden, what maiden would betroth to me
A Captain out at sea?
What maiden, what maiden would give herself to
A Captain out at sea?

The fairest Rebecca, with porcelain cheeks,
Gazed her glass eyes on mine
Rebecca married a peddler of lamb and swine.
Mary, the daughter of the mayor, did whisper
Secrets for only mine ears
Mary fell ill, she’s been gone for a fistful of years.
Alone on the bridge of my one worldly love
I soak in the brine
Ocean swells supplanting the supple breasts that could have been mine

What maiden, what maiden would betroth to me
A Captain out at sea?
What maiden, what maiden would give herself to
A Captain lost at sea?

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from Tales of the Brine and the Maritime, released July 14, 2015

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Nashville-based singer, songwriter, guitarist, pedal steel guitarist, manic-album-maker, wing enthusiast.

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