Tonalidad: C major
Verse 1
C
"Adieu, lovely Nancy,
for now I must leave you
To the far- off West Indies
I'm bound for to steer
But let my long journey be
of no trouble to you
For my love, I'll return in the
Am
C
course of a year"
Verse 2
C
Am
C
"Talk not of leaving me here,
lovely Jimmy
Am
C
Talk not of leaving me
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Gm
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here on the shore
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Am
You know very well your long
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absence will grieve me
As you sail the wild ocean where
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C
Am
C
the wild billows roar
Verse 3
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Am
I'll cut off my ringlets
C
all curly and yellow
Am
I'll dress in the coats of
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G
a young cabin boy
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Am
C
And when we are out on that dark,
rolling ocean
Am
I will always be near you,
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C
my pride and my joy"
Am
"Your
Verse 4
C
lily- white hands,
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C
they could not handle the cables
Am
Your lily- white feet to the
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Bb
Gm
G
top mast could not go
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Am
And the cold winter storms,
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Bb
C
well, you could not endure them
Am
Stay at home, lovely Nancy,
G
C
where the the wild winds won't blow"
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
C
Am
As Jimmy set a- sailing,
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lovely Nancy stood a- wailing
The tears from her eyes in great
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G
torrents did a- flow
C
As she stood on the beach,
oh her hands she was wringing
Csus4
C
Crying, "Oh and alas,
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C
will I e'er see you more?"
Verse 6
C
Am
As Jimmy was a- walking on
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the quays of Philadelphia
Am
The thoughts of his true love,
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Eb
G
they filled him with pride
Am
C
He said, "Nancy, lovely Nancy,
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C
if I had you here, love
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How happy I'd be for to make
Verse 7
C
Am
So Jimmy wrote a letter to
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his own lovely Nancy
Saying, "If you have proved constant,
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well, I will prove true"
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Am
Oh but Nancy was dying,
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for her poor heart was broken
Oh the day that he left her,
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forever he'd rue
Verse 8
C
Come all of you young maidens,
I pray, take a warning
And don't trust a sailor
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boy or any of his kind
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Am
For first they will court you and
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then they'll deceive you
For their love, it is tempestuous
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as the wavering wind
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