Polly On The Shore chords by George Maynard

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Verse 1
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Oh, come all you wild young men,
A warning take by me,
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And never to lead your single life astray,
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Into no bad company.
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And never to lead
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your single life astray,
into no bad company.
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As I myself have done,
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twas in the merry month of May,
when I was pressed by a sea captain
On the board of Man
O' Water I would sing.
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When I was Prince by sea captain,
On the board of Man O' Water
I would sing.
We'd sail down the ocean so wide,
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And our bonnie, bonnie plague we let fly,
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Let every man stand true to his gun,
For the Lord knows who must die.
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Let every man stand true to his gun,
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for the Lord knows who must die.
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Our captain got wounded, poor sorry,
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and so did the rest of his men,
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and our main line's rigging
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got scattered on board
so that we were obliged to give in.
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And our main mass rigging
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got scattered on board,
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so that we were obliged to give in  .
Our decks were all battered with blood,
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and so loudly the cannons they did roar.
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And thousands of times have
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I wished myself a tome,
all along with my Polly on the shore.
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And thousands of times have
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I wished myself a tome,
all along with my Polly on the shore.
She's a tall and a slender young girl,
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she's a dark and a rolling eye,
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and now where am Here I,
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lie bleeding on the deck,
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and for earth's sweet sake, I'll die.
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And now here am I,
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lie bleeding on the deck,
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and for earth's sweet sake, I will die.
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Is a due to my father and me friend,
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Like wine, my  dear old mother, too.
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I  never should have crossed
the salt sea so wide,
If I hadn't been ruled by her.
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I never should have crossed the salty side
if I had not been ruled by her.