Key: C major•
Verse 1
C
F
C
Am
As I roved out one evening fair
C
F
C
It bein' the summertime to take the air
Am
G
C
I spied a sailor and a lady gay
Am
C
And I stood to listen
F
C
And I stood to listen to hear
C
Verse 2
F
C
Am
He said "Fair lady, why do you roam
F
C
and the night is on"
G
C
the tears did roll
C
F
For my dark- eyed sailor,
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G
C
so young and stout and bold."
Verse 3
C
Am
since he left this land
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F
C
A ring he took from off his lily- white hand
Am
G
C
One half of the ring is still here with me
Am
C
But the other's rollin'
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C
F
But the other's rollin' at
C
G
the bottom of the sea."
C
Verse 4
C
Am
him out of your mind
F
C
you will surely find
G
C
soon cold has grown
Am
C
Like the winter's morning
F
C
G
C
Am
C
Like the winter's morning, the hills are white with snow."
Interlude 1
F
C
Am
C
F
C
Am
G
C
A
Am
A
Am
C
F
C
F
C
G
C
Am
Verse 5
C
Am
sake my dear
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C
this many a year
Am
G
C
Genteel he was and a rake like you
Am
C
To induce a maiden
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C
F
To induce a maiden to
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G
C
slight the jacket blue."
Verse 6
C
F
One half of the ring did
C
Am
young William show
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F
C
She ran distracted in grief and woe
G
C
I have gold in store
Am
F
For my dark- eyed sailor
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F
C
F
For my dark- eyed sailor has
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G
C
proved his honour long"
Verse 7
F
C
Am
And there is a cottage by yonder lea
C
F
C
This couple's married and does agree
G
C
your love's at sea
Am
C
For a cloudy morning
F
C
G
For a cloudy morning brings in a sunny day
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ChordsC F Am G A
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