Dark Eyed Sailor

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As I roved  

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out one ev

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ening 

 

 

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fair

 

It being in the sum

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mertime to  

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take the  

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air  

 

 

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I spied a sai

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lor and a  

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lady 

 

 

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gay, 

 

 

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And I  

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stood to list

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en, and I  

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stood to lis

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ten

 

To  

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hear waht they would  

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say.  

 

 

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He said ”Fair lady, why do you roam

For the day is spent and the night is on?”

She heaved a sigh while the tears did roll

“For my dark-eyed sailor, for my dark-eyed sailor,

So young and stout and bold.”

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“‘Tis seven long years since he left this land

A ring he took from off his lily-white hand.

One half of the ring is still here with me

But the other’s rolling, but the other’s rolling

At the bottom of the sea.”

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He said ”Ye may drive him out of your mind

Some other young man you will surely find

Love turns aside and soon cold does grow

Like the winter’s morning, like the winter’s morning,

The hills are white with snow.”

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She said ”I’ll never forsake my dear

Although we’re parted this many a year.

Genteel he was and norake like you

To induce a maiden, to induce a maiden

To slight the jacket blue.”

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One half of the ring did young William show

She ran distracted in grief and woe

Saying, “William, William, I have gold in store

For my dark-eyed sailor, for my dark-eyed sailor

Has proved his overthrow.”

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There is a cottage by yonder lea

This couples married and does agree

So maids be loyal when your loves at sea

For a cloudy morning, for a cloudy morning

Brings in a sunny day.