Annotation:Sailor's Complaint (The)
X:1 T:Sailor's Complaint, The M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air N:George Frideric Handel B:Watts - The Musical Entertainer vol. 1 (1740) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G V:1 B d|c2 BA G F|G2A2 B d|c2 BA G F|G4 B d| c2 BA G F|G2A2 B d|c2 BA G F|G4 c B| e2 ed cB|A2 A2 BA|G2E2 F G|D4 A B| c2 ed c B|A2A2 BA|G2 A B c A|G4|| V:2 clef=bass G,2|A,2D2D,2|E,2F,2G,B,,|A,,2D,2D,,2|G,,4G,2| A,2D2D,2|E,2F,2G,G,,|A,,2D,2D,,2|G,,4G,2| C2 CB,A,G,|F,2 D,2z2|E,2C,2A,,2|D,2 D,E,F,G,| E,2 C,B,,A,,G,,|D,2D,2D,2|E,2D,2D,,2|G,,4||
SAILOR'S COMPLAINT, THE. English, Air (3/4 time). G Major (): F Major (Chappell). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. The air appears in Walsh's Musical Miscellany, vol. iv. Chappell (1859) says many sea songs were written to this tune, the most famous of which was "Cease, Rude Boreas," written by G.A. Stevens.
Come and listen to my ditty,
All ye jolly hearts of gold;
Lend a brother Tar your pity,
Who was once so stout and bold.
But the arrows of Cupid,
Alas! have made me rue;
Sure, true love was ne’er so treated,
As am I by scornful Sue.