Key: C# minor
Verse 1
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There was a wealthy merchant,
in London he did dwell
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He had a lovely daughter,
the truth to you I'll tell
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A
Oh, the truth to you I'll
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tell
Verse 2
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Her sweethearts they were plentiful,
she courted day and night
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Until on Jackie Fraser she placed
her heart's delight
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A
Oh, she placed her heart's
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delight
Verse 3
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"Oh daughter dearest daughter,
your body I'll confine
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If none but Jack the sailor
can ever suit your mind
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A
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Oh, can ever suit your mind"
Verse 4
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"This body you may 'prison,
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my heart you can't confine
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There's none but Jackie Fraser
shall have this heart o' mine
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A
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Oh, shall have this heart o' mine"
Verse 5
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Her parents saw him comin',
they flew in an angry way
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They gave him forty shillings
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to bear him far away
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A
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Oh, to bear him far away
Verse 6
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He sailed across the ocean,
across the deep blue sea
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F
Till safely he was landed in
the wars of Germany
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A
Oh, the wars of Germany
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Verse 7
She went down to a tailor shop,
she dressed in men's array
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She laboured for the captain
to bear her far away
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A
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Oh, to bear her far away
Verse 8
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"Before you step on board, sir,
your name I'd like to know"
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She smiled all in her countenance,
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"They call me Jackaro
A
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Oh, they call me Jackaro"
Verse 9
"Your waist is far too slender,
your fingers they are small
Your cheeks too red and rosy
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to face the cannonball
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A
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Oh, to face the cannonball"
Verse 10
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"I know my waist is slender,
my fingers they are small,
But I would not change my counten
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ance to see ten thousand fall
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A
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Oh, to see ten thousand fall"
Verse 11
Dm
She sailed across the ocean,
across the deep blue sea
F
Till safely she was landed in
the wars of Germany
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A
Dm
Oh, the wars of Germany
Verse 12
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She went out to the battlefield,
she viewed it up and down
F
Among the dead and dying,
her darling boy she found
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A
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Oh, her darling boy she found
Verse 13
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She picked him up most tenderly,
she carried him to the town
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She sent for a physician
to cure up all his wounds
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A
Oh, to cure up all
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his wounds
Verse 14
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This couple now are married,
so well did they agree,
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This couple now are married, so
why not you and me?
Dm
A
Oh, so why not you and me?
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