Lovely on the Water

Written by: [Traditional]
Language: English
Comments: [Roud 1539; Ballad Index VWP066; VWML RVW2/1/75, GG/1/20/1315; trad.]. This song was collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams from the singing of Mr Hilton at South Walsham on 11 April 1908 and published in the Journal of the Folk Song Society vol. 4 (1910) p. 84.

[Verse One]
As I walked out one morning
In the spring time of the year,
I overheard a sailor
Likewise his lady fair.
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Originals

Traditional