Key: Db major
Verse 1
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in the springtime of the year
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I overheard a sailor boy,
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likewise a lady gay
Said Henry unto Nancy,
I soon must sail away,
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For it's lovely on the water
And the Queen she does want sailors,
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So I will not stay on shore.
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Where the cannon loud do roar.
But then says lovely Nancy,
pray stay at home with me
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Or let me go along with you,
That will not do, says Henry,
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it's in vain for you to try
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for they will not ship a fe male bold
Henry did reply
and besides your hands
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they are delicate
and the robes would make them sore
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And it would be worse
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Where the cannons loudly
Come change your ring with me, my love
For we will meet once more
There is one above
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who will guard our love,
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where the cannons loudly roar.
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They sang the song together,
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in the meadows gave,
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Proclaimed the lovely spring.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsDb Ab Gb Cb E
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