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Another cracking song 🙂

Lovely...Beautiful song

Sweet Maid of Madeira Jon Cleave / Billy Hawkins I watched her come sailing On a westerly gale in Our dusky lamps lighten A moth to a flame With fruits of great sweetness Dark wines flow to greet us Sweet Maid of Madeira Safe haven she came. I’ll never get near her To the Maid of Madeira I’ll never embrace her I’ll never know how Dear good Lord above! Can a boy fall in love? With a ship’s figurehead That was carved from a bow Captain’s grief, broken-hearted ‘Fore he ever departed Knew his daughter’s fine features He would long for to see From a sculptor who’s duty Was to summon her beauty All carved from the limb Of a sweet orange tree I’ll never get near her To The Maid of Madeira I’ll never embrace her I’ll never know how Dear good Lord above Can a boy fall in love ? With a ship’s figurehead That was carved from a bow In that figure in rapture My heart bound and captured Sweet Maid of Madeira I know I never should Take up the notion To sail all the ocean See her beauty for real And not hewn’d out of wood. I’ll never get near her To the Maid of Madeira I’ll never embrace her I’ll never know how Dear good Lord above Can a boy fall in love? With a ship’s figurehead That was carved from a bow I’ll never get near her To the Maid of Madeira I’ll never embrace her I’ll never know how Dear good Lord above Can a boy fall in love? With a ship’s figurehead That was carved from a bow … With a ship’s figurehead That was carved from a bow

I really enjoy this song. So good

We do know the author. It's GPR James in his 1844 novel Arabella Stuart: a Romance from English History.

Just beautiful! I would like to hear more!

nice

What an incredible blend of word and note. You have done this piece justice, and no better will be done. Thank you,

A beautiful song, beautifully sung. Well done KM

I saw Fishermens Friends perform this recently, and really like the song. Thanks for uploading the original version, its' brilliant.