Tom: Cm
F Cm F Cm
[Verse]
F Cm
As I walked out one morning
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In the springtime of the year..
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I overheard a sailor boy
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Likewise a lady fair
[Verse]
F Cm
They sang a song together
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Made the valleys for to ring..
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While the birds on the spray, in the meadows gay
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Proclaimed the lovely spring
[Verse]
F Cm
Said Willy unto Nancy
Eb Cm Bb
"Oh, we soon must sail away...
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For it's lovely on the water
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To hear the music play"
[Verse]
F Cm
"For our Queen she do want seamen
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So I will not stay all ashore..
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I will brave the wars for my country
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Where the blundering cannons roar"
[Verse]
F Cm
Poor Nancy fell and fainted
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But soon he brought her to...
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For it's there they kissed and there embraced
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And took a fond adieu
[Instrumental]
F Cm F Cm F Cm
Bb A Bb A G
F Fm7 Cm Fm7 Cm Fm7 Cm Fm7 Cm
[Verse]
F Cm
"Come change your ring with me, my love
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For we may meet once more..
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But there's one above that will guard you love
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Where the blundering cannons roar"
[Verse]
F Cm
"For pounds it is our bounty
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And that must do for thee..
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But to help the aged parents
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While I am on the sea"
[Outro]
F Cm
For Tower Hill is crowded
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With mother's weeping sore..
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For their sons are gone to face the war
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Where the blundering cannons roar
