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Verse 1
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In London so fair a lady she lived there,
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A lady of great beauty
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and great might,
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And unto this lady fair I
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be came a servant there,
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And in me she took a great de light.
Verse 2
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Now this lady had a son of
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wealth and beauty born,
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And he became a sailor on the sea,
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And he courted that fair maid till
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he had her heart betrayed,
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An d then he was bound for the sea.
Verse 3
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It happened one day in the
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bedroom where they lay,
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And the tears from her eye
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s they did flow,
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Saying, "Young man you are go
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ing away so far from me to stray,
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And to leave me on the shores
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for to mourn."
Verse 4
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"Oh no, no", says he,
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"such things can never be,
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For as long as I'm a sailor on the sea,
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The ship that I command she
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will never reach dry land,
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On the day that I prove false,
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love, unto thee."
Verse 5
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She cut off her yellow hair
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that hung down her back so fair,
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For fear that any body would her know,
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Then in a sailor's dress,
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that very night she went,
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And straight to the captain she did go.
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She being neat and slim complete
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in every limb,
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And the clothes fitted tightly
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to her knee,
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While the crew unto her gazed the
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captain to her says,
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"Young man now were you
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ever on the sea?"
Verse 7
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"Oh no, no", says she,
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"I was nev er on the sea,
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But ship me as a young sailor bold,
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For I now do choose to go
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where the stormy winds do blow,
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To purchase some sil
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ver and some gold."
Verse 8
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It happened one day in the
cabin where he lay,
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And the tears from his
eyes they did flow,
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Saying, "You're like a lover of mine
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that I think on many's the time,
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That I left on the shores for to mourn."
Verse 9
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"Oh no, no", says she,
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"such things can never be,
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For as long as I'm a sailor on the sea,
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The ship that I command
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it'll never reach dry land,
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On the day that I prove false, love,
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unto thee."
Verse 10
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His own words he knew she
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spoke beneath the crew,
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So into her arms flew like a dove,
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Saying, "Do not shed a tear
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you have followed me my dear,
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And it's married,
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it's married we will be."
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They sent for
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clerk,
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they sent for a mate,
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They sent for a clergyman likewise,
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Now this couple they are wed
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an d together they do bed,
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An d now they're living happy on the sea.
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