Key: D minor
Verse 1
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When first I landed in Liverpool,
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I went upon a spree
Me money alas I spent it fast,
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got drunk as drunk could be
And when that me money was all gone,
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'twas then I wanted more
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his mind to go to sea once more
Verse 2
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Once more, boys, once more,
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go to sea once more
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But a man must be blind to make up his
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mind to go to sea once more
Verse 3
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I spent the night with Angeline
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too drunk to roll in bed
Me watch was new and me money too,
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in the morning with them she fled
And as I walked the streets about,
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the whores they all did roar
There goes Jack Spratt,
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the poor sailorlad, he must go to sea once more
Verse 4
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Once more, boys, once more,
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go to sea once more
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the poor sailorlad, he must go to sea once more
Verse 5
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And as I walked the streets about,
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I met with the Rapper Brown
I asked him for to take me on and he
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looked at me with a frown
He said last time you was paid off
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with me you could no score
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But I'll give you a chance and I'll take your advance
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and I'll send you to see once more
Verse 6
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Once more, boys, once more,
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send you to sea once more
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I'll give you a chance and I'll take your advance
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and I'll send you to see once more
Verse 7
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He shipped me on board of a whaling ship
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bound for the arctic seas
Where the cold winds blow through the frost
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and snow and Jamaica rum would freeze
But worse to bear, I'd no hard weather gear
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for I'd spent all money on shore
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dead and could go to sea no more
Verse 8
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No more, boys, no more,
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go to sea no more
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'Twas then that I wished that I was
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dead and could go to sea no more
Verse 9
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So come all you bold seafaring men,
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who listen to me song
When you come off them long trips,
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I'll have you not go wrong
Take my advice, drink no strong drink,
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don't go sleeping with them whores
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night in bed and go to sea no more
Verse 10
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No more, boys, no more,
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go to sea no more
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Get married instead and spend all
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night in bed and go to sea no more
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