{INTRO:] C  D    C  D

[VERSE 1:]
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A ship's crew of sailors, as you may understand
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Bound for the West Indies or some foreign land
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There's one lad amongst them I wish I never knew
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He's my bonnie, bonnie sailor with a jacket so blue


[VERSE 2:]
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The first time I saw my love, he'd a spy glass in his hand
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I went to talk to him, but he would not stand
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I went to talk to him, but from me he flew
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And my heart it went along with him and his jacket so blue______


[VERSE 3:]
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Says I, "My noble sailor, I'll buy your discharge
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I'll free you from sailing and set you at large
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I'll free you from that man-o-war, if your heart does be true
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And I'd never let a stain on your jacket so blue"


[VERSE 4:]
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"Well" said I, "My noble lady, you'll buy my discharge
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You'll free me from sailing and set me at large
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You'll free me from that man-o-war, if my heart does be true
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Ah, but then what would my own lovely Scotch lassie do"


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[VERSE 5:]
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"For I have a lassie in my own countery
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And I would not slight her for her poverty
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If I were to slight her, then my heart wouldn't be true
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For she never left a stain on my jacket so blue____"


[VERSE 6:]
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I'll write off to Dublin to an artist of skill
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And I'll have my love's picture drawn out in its full
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I'll place it in my chamber quite close to my view
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And I'll say I loved a sailor with a heart that was true