Key: B minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
in merry Scotland
of them should go
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And turn robber all on the salt sea
Verse 2
The lot it fell first upon Henry
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Martin
all on the salt sea
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Salt sea, the salt sea
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For to maintain his two brothers
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Verse 3
They had not been sailing but a long
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winter's night
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And a part of a short winter's day
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When he espied a stout lofty ship
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Come bibbing down
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on him straight way
Verse 4
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"Hello, hello",
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cried Henry Martin
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What makes you sail so nigh?
for fair London Town
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Would you please for to
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let me pass by?
Verse 5
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"Oh no, oh no", cried Henry Martin
all on the salt sea
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brothers and me
Verse 6
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and brail up your mizz'n
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And bring your ship un der my lee
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Or I will give you a full
cannon ball
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Cannon ball, cannon ball
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ies drown in the salt sea
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Oh no, we won't lower our lofty topsail
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Nor bring our ship under your lee
our rich merchant goods
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Merchant goods, merchant goods
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Nor point our bold guns to the sea
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Verse 8
Then broadside and broadside
and at it they went
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For fully two hours or three
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Till Henry Martin gave to them
deathshot
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The deathshot, the
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And straight to the bot
Verse 9
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Bad news, bad news to old England came
and she's cast away
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And all of her merry men drowned
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