Tonart: Bb major
Verse 1
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It was early, early, all in the spring
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When my love Willie went to serve his king
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The night being dark and the
Which parted me from my sailor
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boy
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So father, father, build me a boat
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For on the ocean I mean to float
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To watch the big ships as they pass by
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For I might inquire for my
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sailor boy
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She had not sailed away a week or two
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When she spied a captain
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and all his crew
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Oh, Captain, Captain, come tell me true
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sail on board with you?
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What was the color of your Willie's hair?
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What was the color does your Willie wear?
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I like the jacket and these trousers white
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And his curly hair was my heart's delight
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Oh, fair maid, fair maid, he is not here
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For he's lost or drowned, I am all feared
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For on yon green island, as we passed by
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T 'was there we lost our
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fine sailor boy
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She wrung her hand and she tore her hair
Just like a lady in deep despair
She called for a paper, roof, pen and ink
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And on every line, she dusted a tear
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And with every word, she cries,
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weary dear
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So, Father, go dig my grave
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Go dig it deep and go dig it wide
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Place a marble stone at my head on feet
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That the world may know that I died in grief
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