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A ship’s crew of sailors as you may understand |
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Bound for the West Indies or some foreign land |
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There’s one lad amongst them I wish I never knew |
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He’s my bonnie, bonnie sailor with a jacket so blue |
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The first time I saw my love he’d a spy glass in his hand |
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I went to talk to him but he would not stand |
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I went to talk to him but from me he flew |
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And my heart it went along with him and his jacket so blue ~ |
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Says I my noble sailor I’ll buy your discharge |
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I’ll free you from sailing and set you at large |
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I’ll free you from that man-o-war if your heart does be true |
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And I’d never let a stain on your jacket so blue |
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Well said I my noble lady you’ll buy my discharge |
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You’ll free me from sailing and set me at large |
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You’ll free me from that man-o-war if my heart does be true |
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Ah but then what would my own lovely Scotch lassie do |
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For I have a lassie in my own country |
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And I would not slight her for her poverty |
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If I were to slight her then my heart wouldn’t be true |
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For she never left a stain on my jacket so blue |
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I’ll write off to Dublin to an artist of skill |
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And I’ll have my love’s picture drawn out in its full |
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And I’ll place it in my chamber quite close to my view |
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And I’ll say I loved a sailor with a heart that was true ~ |
