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There was a wealthy merchant, in London he did dwell |
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He had a beautiful daughter, the truth to you I'll tell |
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Oh, the truth to you I'll tell |
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She had sweethearts aplenty, and men of high degree |
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But none but Jack the sailor, her true love there could be |
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Oh, her true love there could be |
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Jackie's gone a-sailing with trouble on his mind |
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He's left his native country, and his darling girl behind |
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Oh, his darling girl behind |
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She went down to a tailor's shop and dressed in mens' array |
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She climbed on board a vessel to convey herself away |
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Oh, to convey herself away. |
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Before you get on board, sir, your name we'd like to know |
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She smiled all in her countenance, "They call me Jack-A-Roe." |
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Oh, they call me Jack-A-Roe. |
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I see your waist is slender, your fingers they are small |
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Your cheeks too red and rosy to face the cannonball. |
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Oh, to face the cannonball. |
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I know my waist is slender, my fingers, they are small |
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But it would not make me tremble to see ten thousand fall |
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Oh, to see ten thousand fall. |
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The wars then being over, she went and looked around |
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Among the dead and wounded, her darling boy she found |
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Oh, her darling boy she found. |
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She picked him up all in her arms and carried him to the town |
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She sent for a physician who quickly healed his wounds |
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Oh, who quickly healed his wounds. |
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This couple, they got married, so well they did agree |
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This couple, they got married, so why don't you and me |
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Oh, so why don't you and me? |
