Good as I Been to You

Title: Canadee-i-o
Artist: Bob Dylan
Album: Good as I Been to You (Track #4)
Duration: 04:31
Label: Sony Music Entertainment

Well it's all of a fair and handsome girl, she's all in her tender years She fell in love with a sailor boy, it's true she loved him well But a girl ought to stay with him but she did not know how She longed to see that seaport town called Canadee-I-O . So she bargained with the sailor boy, offered a piece of gold Straightway then he led her down into the hold Saying, "I'll dress you up in sailors clothes, your jacket shall be blue You'll see that seaport town called Canadee-I-O.'' Now when the other sailors heard the news, well they fell into a rage And with all the ship's company they were willing to engage Saying, "We'll tie her hands and feet, my boys, overboard we'll throw her She'll never see that seaport town called Canadee-I-O.'' Now when the captain he heard the news, well he too fell into a rage And with the whole ship's company he was willing to engage Saying, "She'll stay on in sailors clothes, her color shall be blue She'll see that seaport town called Canadee-I-O.'' Now when they came down to Canada, scarcely about half a year She's married this bold captain who called her his dear She's dressed in silks and satins now, she cuts a girlish charm Finest of the ladies down Canadee-I-O. "Come all you fair and tender girls, wheresoever you may be I'll have you follow your own true love, whenever he goes to sea For if the sailors prove false to you, well the captain he might prove true You'll see the honor I have gained by the wearing of the blue.''