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W:
W:Well who wouldn't be a sailor lad a sailin' on the main,
W:To gain the good will of his captain's good name?
W:He came ashore one evening for to be,
W:And that was the begining of my own true love and me.
W:
W:Chorus:
W:And it's home, boys home,
W:Home, I'd like to be
W:Home for a while in me own country,
W:Where the oak and the ash and the bonny rowan tree
W:Are all a-growin' green in the old country
W:
W:Well I asked her for a candle for to light me up to bed
W:And likewise for a handkerchief to tie around me head.
W:She tended to me needs like a young maid ought to do,
W:So then I says to her, 'Now won't you leap in with me too?'
W:
W:Well she jumped into bed, making no alarm,
W:Thinking a young sailor lad could do to her no harm.
W:Well I hugged her and I kissed her the whole night long,
W:Till she wished the short night had been nine years long.
W:
W:Well early next morning the sailor lad arose
W:And into Mary's apron threw a handful of gold
W:Saying, 'Take this me dear for the mischief that I've done
W:For tonight I fear I've left you with a daughter or a son'
W:
W:'Well, if it be a girl child, send her out to nurse,
W:With gold in her pocket and with silver in her purse,
W:And if it be a boy child he'll wear the jacket blue
W:And go climbing up the rigging like his daddy used to do.'
W:
W:Oh come all of you fair maidens, a warning take by me,
W:And never let a sailor lad an inch above your knee,
W:For I trusted one and he beguiled me,
W:He left me with a pair of twins to dangle on me knee.

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