I've been trying for so long
The ports of Northern Africa and the man I met
He said he had a daughter
He thought I was a trader
That slave dealer's daughter
Her eyes were black her hair was raven
Her skin was soft and brown
Eighteen years she looked a woman
I thought she'd been around
She'd never met a jailbird
I knew that she was lonely
With that slave dealer's daughter
Her father's men came after me
For three long years I've hid my face
And run from town to town
I knew that she was lonely
With that slave dealer's daughter