Key: E major•
Verse 1
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It was midnight on
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the stormy deep
My solitary watch I'd keep
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And think of her I'd left behind
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And ask if she'd be true and kind
Verse 2
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I never shall forget the day
When I was forced to go away
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In silence, there my head she'd rest
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breast
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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Oh, Willy! Don't go back to sea
There's other girls as good as me
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But none can love you true as I
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Pray don't go where the bullets fly
Verse 4
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The deep, deep sea may us divide
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But still my thoughts will sometimes stray
Interlude 2
away
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Verse 5
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I never have proved false to thee
The heart I gave was true as thine
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But you have proven untrue to me
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I can no longer call thee mine
Verse 6
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Then fare- thee- well, I'd rather make
My home upon some icy lake
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Where the southern sun refused to shine
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Then to trust a love so false as thine
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE B A
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