Key: C major•
Verse 1
early
To take the sweet and pleasant air
Who should I spy but a fair young lady
Her cheeks being like a lily fair
Verse 2
Would she be a sailor's wife?
"Oh no, kind sir, I'd rather tarry
And remain single for all my life"
Verse 3
makes you differ
From the rest of womankind?"
"I see you're fair, you are young,
you're handsome
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And for to marry might
be inclined"
Verse 4
I will plainly tell you
I might have married three years ago
To one John Riley who left this country
He is the cause of all my woe"
Verse 5
think on Riley
Come along with me to some distant shore
We will set sail for Pennsylvania
Adieu, sweet England, forevermore"
Verse 6
I'll not go with you
to that distant shore
My heart's with Riley,
I will ne'er forget him
Verse 7
Although I may never see him no more"
He give her kisses, one two and three
Says, "I am Riley, your own true lover
That's been the cause of
your misery"
Verse 8
I'll go with you to that distant shore
We will set sail to Pennsylvania
Adieu, kind friends, forevermore"
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