John Barbour chords by
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Intro 1

Verse 1

What ails you, my daughter dear?

Your eyes, they look so dim,

Have you had any sore sickness,

Or yet been sleeping with a man?

Verse 2
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No I haven't had any sore sickness,
But I know what's ailing me,
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I am thinking of my own true love
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Who ploughs the raging sea.
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Verse 3
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Is he a Lord or a Duke or a knight
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Or a man of wealth and fame?
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Or is he one of our sailor lads
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Come tell me now his name.

Verse 4

He is no Lord nor Duke nor knight

Nor a man of wealth or fame.

He is one of your sailor lads

John Barbour is his name.

Verse 5

Now if John Barbour is his name,

A lowly sailor man is he,

If John Barbour is his name,

Then hanged he shall be.

Interlude 1

Then he called his sailors

Verse 6

all

By one, by two, by three

John Barbour was the first he called

But the last came down was he.

Verse 7

When he came a dancing down,

He was clothed all in white

His cheeks were like the roses red

And his teeth were ivory bright.

Verse 8

He paid their wages with a smile

And to John Barbour he did say

If I was a woman as I am a man

My bed fellow you would be.

Verse 9
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And will you marry my
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daughter Jane?
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And take her by the hand
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And will you come and dine with me
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Take charge of all my lands.

Verse 10

Yes I will marry your daughter Jane

And take her by the hand

And I will come and dine with you,

But to hell with all your land.

Verse 11
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For if you can give her one gold piece,
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Then I  can give her three.
For they call me young
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John Barbour
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And I plough the raging sea.

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