Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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There was a ship that sailed all on the lowland sea
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And the name of the ship
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taken by the Spanish enemy
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As she sailed upon the lowland,
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lowland, lowland
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Sailed upon the lowland sea.
Verse 2
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Then up spoke our cabin boy and
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boldly out spoke he
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And he said to our captain
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If I swim along the side of
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the Spanish enemy
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And I sink her in the lowland sea?"
Verse 3
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"Oh I will give you silver
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and I will give you gold
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And my own fair daughter
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If you'll swim along the side
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And you'll sink her in the lowland,
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lowland, lowland
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Sink her in the lowland sea
Verse 4
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Then the boy he made him ready
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and overboard sprang he
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And he swam to the side of
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With his brace and auger in
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her side he bored holes three
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And sank he her in the lowland sea
Verse 5
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Then quickly he swam back to
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the cheering of the crew
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But the captain would not heed him,
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And he scorned his poor
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entreatings when loudly he did sue
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And left him in the lowland,
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lowland, lowland
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Left him in the lowland sea
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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Then the boy he turned round
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and he swam to the port side
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And up to his messmates
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"O messmates, draw me up,
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for I'm drifting with the tide
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And I'm sinking in the lowland,
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lowland, lowland
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Sinking in the lowland sea"
Verse 7
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but on the deck he died
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And they stitched him in a hammock
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And they low'red him overboard,
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and he drifted with the tide
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And he sank into the lowland,
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lowland, low land
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Sank into the lowland sea
Verse 8
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There was a ship that sailed
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
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