It's of a pretty female as you will understand   Her mind was set on rambling into a foreign land   She dressed herself in man's attire and boldly did appear   And she engaged with a captain to serve him for a year.      The captain's lady being on board, she seemed in great joy   To think that the captain had engaged such a handsome cabin boy   And many's the time she cuddled and kissed, and she would have liked to toy   But 'twas the captain found out the secret of the handsome cabin boy   Verse 3 Her cheeks they were like roses, her hair was all a-curl   The sailors often smiled and said, he looks just like a girl   But eating the captain's biscuit, well, her color it did destroy   And the waist did swell of pretty Nell, the handsome cabin boy.      Verse 4 As through the Bay of Biscay our gallant ship did plough   One night among the sailors there came an awful row   They tumbled from their hammocks for their rest it did destroy   They complained about the groaning of the handsome cabin boy      Verse 5 It's doctor, dearest doctor, the cabin boy did cry   My time has come, I am undone, surely I must die   The doctor ran with all his might, a-smiling at the fun   For to think a cabin boy could have a daughter or a son      Verse 6 Now when the sailors heard the joke, they all began to stare   The child belongs to none of us, they solemnly did swear   And the lady to the captain said "My dear I wish you joy   For it was either you or I betrayed the handsome cabin boy."      Verse 7 Come all of you bold fellows and we'll drink success to trade   And likewise to the cabin boy who was neither man nor maid   And if the wars should rise again, us sailors to destroy   Well, here's hoping for a jolly lot more like the handsome cabin boy.