Key: D minor•
Verse 1
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F
Dm
It was on a Monday morning
the 29th of May
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F
and we were ready for sea
The wind blew from the south -south -west
To Egypt we were bound
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Dm
With pretty girls around
There I beheld a handsome maid
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C
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All in her bloomer years
and her eyes were full of tears
Oh, I'll cut off me yellow hair
and sail along with you
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And I'll dress meself in sailor's clothes
and I'll see Egypt too
O no, my dearest Nancy,
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on the banks of the Nile
Your waist it is too slender
and your fingers are too fine
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F
Your delicate constitution
couldn't stand the hot campaign
And the sultry southerns of Egypt,
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your complexion they would spoil
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Dm
on the banks of the Nile
The cannons they do rattle so,
and the cannonballs do fly,
to drown our dismal cries.
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F
But let a hundred days
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Dm
on the banks of the Nile.
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