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She Moves On

A Sailor's Life

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A sailor's life
it is a merry life.
He robs young girls of
their hearts' delight
Leaving them behind to
weep and mourn
They never know
when they will return.

Well, there's four
and twenty all in a row
My true love he
makes the finest show.
He's proper tall
genteel withal,
And if I don't have him
I'll have none at all.

Oh father
build for me a bonny boat
That on the wide ocean
I may float
And every Queen's ship
that we pass by
There I'll enquire
for my sailor boy

They had not sailed
long upon the deep
When a Queen's ship
they chanced to meet.
"You sailors all
pray tell me true
Does my sweet William
sail among your crew?"

"Oh no, fair maiden
he is not here
For he's been drownded
we greatly fear
On yon green island
as we passed it by
There we lost sight of
your sailor boy."

Well, she wrung her hands
and she tore her hair.
She was like a young girl
in great despair.
And her little boat
against a rock did run.
"How can I live now
my sweet William is gone?"