Tom: Bb
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[Verse]
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Our captain cried, "All hands and away tomorrow"
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Leaving my dearest Eve, in grief and sorrow
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"Dry up your briny tears and leave off weeping
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How happy we shall be at our next meeting"
[Verse]
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“How can you go abroad and fight with strangers?
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You said you'd stay at home, here out of danger?
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I'd roll you in my arms, my dearest jewel
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So stay at home with me and don't be cruel”
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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“When I had gold in store, you seemed to love me
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Now I am low and poor, you mean to slight me
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You courted me awhile, just to deceive me
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Now my poor heart you've won, you're going to leave me”
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“Farewell me dearest friends, father and mother
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I am your only child, you have no other
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'Tis fain to weep for me, for I am going
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My love I love so dear, it is my ruin
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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Our captain cried, "All hands and away tomorrow"
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Leaving my dearest Eve, in grief and sorrow
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"Dry up your briny tears and leave off weeping
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How happy we shall be at our next meeting"
[Outro]
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