Add to ORKGvoiceCollected by Mary Celestia Parler; Transcribed by Neil Byer Harrison Burnett Fayetteville, Ark. July 13, 1954 Reel 200, Item 7 A Sailor's Life (fragment) A sailor's life is a dreary life, It robs fair maidens with their heart's delight, It causes them for to weep and to mourn, The sake of a true love that'll never return, It causes them for to weep and to mourn, The sake of a true love that'll never return. Go and get me a chair to set upon, A pen and ink to write a song, At the end of every line she dropped a tear, At the end of every verse cries, Oh, my dear, (repeat last two lines of each stanza) Oh, it's dark is the color of my true love's hair, His cheeks is of a lily fair, And on his breast he wears a star, None can I love but my...