"Canadee-I-O" Lyrics

It's of a fair and handsome girl
She's all in her tender years
She fell in love with a sailor boy,
And it's true she loved him well
For to go off to sea with him like she did not know how
She longed to see that seaport town called Canadee-i-o.

(Your colour will be blue)
(Your colour will be blue)

So, she bargained with a young sailor boy
Sold for a piece of gold
Straightway he led her all down into the hold
Sayin' "I'll dress you up in sailor's clothes,
your jacket shall be blue, and you'll see that
sea-port town called Canadee-i-o."

(Your colour will be blue)
(Your colour will be blue)

Now, when the other sailors heard the news
Well, they fell into a rage- and with their whole ship's
company they were willing to engage
Sayin' "We'll bind her hands and feet me boys,
and overboard we'll throw her, she'll never
see that sea-port town called Canadee-i-o."

(Your colour will be blue)
(Your colour will be blue)

Now, when the captain he heard the news
Well, he too fell in a rage - and with the whole ship's company
He was willing to engage
Sayin', "She'll stay in sailor's clothes
Her colour shall be blue
She'll see that sea-port town called Canadee-i-o."

(Your colour will be blue)
(Your colour will be blue)

When they sailed down to Canada, scarce above half a year,
She's married this bold Captain who called her his dear
She's dressed in silks and satins now and
she cuts a gallant shawl, she's the finest of the
ladies down in Canadee-i-o.

(Your colour will be blue)
(Your colour will be blue)

So come all you fair and tender girls
Wheresoever you may be
I'd have you to follow your own true love
When he goes out on the sea
For if the sailors they prove false to you
The Captain, he might prove true
You see the honor that I have gained from
the wearing
of the blue.