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Oh, a sailor's life is a weary life |
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For he robs the girls of their delight |
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Causes them to weep, causes them to mourn |
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Loss of a true love, never to return |
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Oh, Father, Father, build me a boat |
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And on the world's oceans, I will float |
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Hail each captain, as I pass by |
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There, I'll ask for my sailor boy |
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Oh, captain, captain, tell me true |
| [00:52.810] |
Does my own Willie sail with you? |
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Tell me soon, to give me joy |
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None will I have but my sailor boy |
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Oh no, kind lady, he's not here |
| [01:11.866] |
He drowned in the gulf, and we buried him there |
| [01:16.393] |
On the island, as we passed by |
| [01:19.720] |
There, we left your sailor boy |
| [01:27.351] |
Oh, she rung her hands, and tore her hair |
| [01:31.544] |
Just like some lady in great despair |
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Called for a chair to sit her down |
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Penningdon for, to write it down |
| [01:47.450] |
Oh, dig my grave wide and deep |
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Put a marble stone at the head and feet |
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On my grave, a turtle dove |
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Tell the world, I died for my love |
| [02:11.186] |
Oh, a sailor's life is a weary life |
| [02:17.273] |
He robs the girls of their delight |
| [02:22.014] |
Causes them to weep, causes them to mourn |
| [02:25.167] |
Loss of a true love, never to return |
