did this female sailor bold. Then to her true loves fathers she hastened with speed, When the news that she did hear most dreadful indeed, That her love had been dead some time they to her did unfold Which very near broke the heart of this female sailor bold. Some thousand miles she was from home from friends far away Alone she traveled seventy miles thro' woods in North America Bereft of all her kindred nor no parent to behold, In anguish she cried my true love did this female sailor bold. Then she went on board the Adelaide, to cross the troubled wave And in storms of hail and gales of wind she did all dangers brave She served as cook and steward in the Adelaide we are told Then sailed on board the Rover did the female sailor bold. From St Andrew's in America this fair maid did set sail, In a vessel called the Sarah and brav'd many a stormy gale She did her duty like a man did reef and steer we're told By the captain she was respected well—the female sailor bold. With pitch and tar her hands were hard, tho' once like velvet soft She weighed the anchor, heav'd the lead and boldly went aloft Just one and thirty months she braved the tempest we are told And always did her duty did the female sailor bold. 'Twas in the month of February eighteen hundred thirty five, She in the port of London in the Sarah did arrive; Her sex was then discovered which the secret did unfold, And the captain gaz'd in wonder on the female sailor bold. At the Mansion-House she appear'd before the Lord Mayor, And in the public papers then the reasons did appear, Why she did leave her father and her native land she told, To brave the stormy ocean, did this female sailor bold. It was to seek her lover that sailed across the main, Thro' love she did storms tempest wind and rain. It was love caused all her troubles and hardships we are told; May she rest at home contented now the female sailor bold. Further reading 'A female sailor', serialised in two parts in the Weekly Dispatch of 8 and 15 February 1835 · 'A female sailor', in The Times dated 11 February 1835, p. 6The Interesting Life and Wonderful Adventures of that Extraordinary Woman