Smugglers

<br>The boat rides south of Ailsa Craig in the waning of the light<br>There`s thirty men in Lendalfit to make our burden light<br>And there`s thirty horse in Hazleholm with the halters on their heads<br>All set this night up on your life if wind and water speed<br>Smugglers drink of the frenchmens wine and the darkest night is the smugglers<br>lime<br>Away we ran from the excise man<br>It`s a smugglers life for me<br>It`s a smugglers life for me<br>Oh lass you have a cozy bed, and cattle you have ten<br>Can you not live a lawful life and live with lawful men?<br>But must I use old homely goods while there`s foreign gear so fine?<br>Must I drink at the waterside and France so full of wine<br>Smugglers drink of the frenchmens wine and the darkest night is the smugglers<br>time<br>Away we ran from the excise man<br>It`s a smugglers life for me<br>It`s a smugglers life for me<br>Though well I like to see you Kate, with a baby on your knee<br>My heart is now with gallant crew that plough through the angry sea<br>The hitter gale, the tightest sail, and the sheltered bay or goal<br>It`s the wayward life, it`s the smugglers strife, it`s the joy of the smugglers<br>soul<br>Smugglers drink of the frenchmens wine and the darkest night is the smugglers<br>time<br>Away we ran from the excise man<br>It`s a smugglers life for me<br>It`s a smugglers life for me<br>And when at last the dawn comes up and the cargo safely stored<br>Like sinless saints to church we`ll go. God`s mercy to afford<br>And It`s champagne fine for communion wine and the parson drinks it too<br>With a sly wink prays "forgive these men, for they know not what they do"<br>Smugglers, drink of the frenchmens wine and the darkest night is the smugglers<br>time<br>Away we ran from the excise man<br>It`s a smugglers life for me<br>It`s a smugglers life for me<br>It`s a smugglers life for me<br>It`s a smugglers life for me